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