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