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