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