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