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