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