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