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