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