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