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