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