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