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