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