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