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