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