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