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