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