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