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