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