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