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"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
"The best answer we could come up with was, let’s make the damn thing free, and get some VC somewhere to pay for it."
"Embrace competition. Its here to stay... and thank goodness for that."
"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
"There are some days that catch the light, days like diamonds."
"Most people miss opportunity when it knocks bc it comes dressed in overalls, looking suspiciously like work. - Edison"
"I have this idea..."
"Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means."
"Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted."
"[Insert lengthy, potentially fake sounding story here]. True story."
"Just Do It."
"I want to put a ding in the universe. - Steve Jobs"
"Small steps are not enough."
"...all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. - Nietzsche"
"JFDI - Mark Suster, Dave Cancel, et al"
"Less talking about ideas, more actually building those ideas."
"Only a boring person is bored by himself."
"Life is uncertain. Don't sip."
"If you love anything you have the capacity to love everything."
"I like to be scared at least once a week"
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"I love Peter Luger, The High Line, and how NYC has transformed to be a powerful technology hub."
"There is nothing wrong with sending an email at 3:00AM."
"expect nothing. earn everything."
"Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. - Mandela"
"A major key to success in building your business is always partnerships!"
"Life is for living, not just surviving."
"New York is simultaneously the best and worst of everything. Being successful here is finding all of the best parts."
"I've never envied someone who led an easy life; I have envied many people who led difficult lives and led them well. - Teddy Roosevelt"
"If someone’s not saying no to you everyday, you’re not pushing hard enough"
"The soul of Man must quicken to creation. - T.S. Eliot"
"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw"
"No brandcuffs"
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is. - Shirley MacLaine"
"This is so much fun. "
"Entry to the mind is through emotion, not logic."
"Life is a journey - every day should be lived as a story worth being told."
"From an evolutionary perspective, the smarter the animal, the more it plays"
"Relax!"
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. - Phil Connors"
"Much like myself, the Internet's been since around since the 80s."
"Imagine, aha!, do, momentum"
"we are all interested in the future, for that is where you and i are going to spend the rest of our lives. - woody allen "
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
"It’s not how good you are, It’s how good you want to be - Paul Arden"
"We live in the future. Advancements in neuroscience have reached new levels. Why aren't we learning things 10x faster yet?"
"I am hoping that I can be known as a great engineer and entrepreneur some day, rather than a sex symbol."
"Try to give people what they would want if they knew what was possible. Or just give them what they ask for."
"I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't."
"All I want to be is someone that makes new things and thinks about them."
"Family first."
"You get the right guys to play the right things at the right time and you got a motherfucker. - Miles Davis "
"If it makes me a little bit nervous, I'm probably game."
"Twitter is just a passing fad, interpreted scripting languages are here to stay."
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin"
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain"
"You can only expect as much as you can imagine."
"They are only into it to get radical, they'll never understand the spiritual side of it. -Bodhi"
"The future is unwritten."
"Luck is when preparation meets
opportunity."
"Always Faithful"
"Be excellent to each other!"
"Vision over Visibility."
"We've Only Just Begun"
"No guts, no glory"
"I believe in a thing called love / Just listen to the rhythm of my heart."
"I love helping entrepreneurs and I'm proud to be the banker in a startup t-shirt, sneakers, and a hoodie. "
"One idea at a time. Preferably one you love."
"Cogito ergo sum"
""I make things happen, and love every minute of it."
"I have been enjoying getting immersed into the vibrant culture of Silicone "Alley."
"That's a happy problem!"
"You guys are the most annoying people on earth."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra"
"Don't be inspired, stay inspired."
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"Be at the right place at the right time. For us, it was Facebook."
"Keep grinding."
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharial Nehru"
"fighting an uphill battle against capitalization. "
"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."
"You're doing better than you think, but not as well as you could be."
"Twitter & Facebook aren't just communication tools. They are gateways to being social and having your voice heard."
"Don't dream it, be it. - Frank N. Furter"
"Rock star is my backup plan."
"You rarr what you eat"
"Strangers are the new black."
"Create more value than you can capture - Tim O'Reilly"
"I love getting things done, and I laugh at my own jokes."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"The future ain't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra"
"I failed my way to success. - Thomas Edison"
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
"pursuing passion and helping visionaries turn nothing into something."
"I think it's unfair Hasbro is the only company that makes Monopoly."
"People will stare. Make it worth their while."
"As you grow older, you'll realize that the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. - Zachary Scott"
"Dream Big, You May Never Wake Up - Snoop"
"Why would you ask me that? Who wants to do the dishes?"
"Don't be afraid to look stupid. The more you are willing to look stupid and learn, the more you succeed."
"The brave might not live very long, but the cautious don't live at all."
"Think strategically. Plan tactically. Live urgently."
"I'm your huckleberry."
"It's been real, except for the times that were fake. - Jeff Lawrence"
"Trust your gut."
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams"
"I go through life like a Karate Kid - Britney Spears "
"Real artists ship. - Steve Jobs"
"You look good today."
"Do something."
"Live your dream and wear your passion"
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
"Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso"
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become - Steve Jobs"
"I have fun making web apps for markets that have no data. Hence, SeatGeek."
"Oh, sweet serendipity!"
"It won't happen overnight. But it will happen."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. - Milton Friedman"
"Ideas = dime/dozen. Execution = |matters|."
"Starting small is better than not starting at all."
"Eat well and prosper."
"When you assume you make an ass out of you and your investors. Show me the data."
"Always keep your hands in the dirt."
"If you're not the lead dog, the view is always the same."
"Pursue your Passion"
"I'm always doing things I don't know how to do, that's how I get to do them"
"Everything is better with a brass section or buffalo sauce."