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