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