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