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"I have fun making web apps for markets that have no data. Hence, SeatGeek."
"Be excellent to each other!"
"Everything is better with a brass section or buffalo sauce."
"The soul of Man must quicken to creation. - T.S. Eliot"
"Think strategically. Plan tactically. Live urgently."
"I am hoping that I can be known as a great engineer and entrepreneur some day, rather than a sex symbol."
"You just have to accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue. - David Brent "
"Live your dream and wear your passion"
"That's a happy problem!"
"pursuing passion and helping visionaries turn nothing into something."
"This is so much fun. "
"I like to be scared at least once a week"
"Twitter & Facebook aren't just communication tools. They are gateways to being social and having your voice heard."
"From an evolutionary perspective, the smarter the animal, the more it plays"
"We've Only Just Begun"
"[Insert lengthy, potentially fake sounding story here]. True story."
"I failed my way to success. - Thomas Edison"
"Be at the right place at the right time. For us, it was Facebook."
"Vision over Visibility."
"Embrace competition. Its here to stay... and thank goodness for that."
"No brandcuffs"
"Small steps are not enough."
"Oh, sweet serendipity!"
"You get the right guys to play the right things at the right time and you got a motherfucker. - Miles Davis "
"The brave might not live very long, but the cautious don't live at all."
"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. "
"There are some days that catch the light, days like diamonds."
"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."
"JFDI - Mark Suster, Dave Cancel, et al"
"Life is uncertain. Don't sip."
"Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means."
"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."
"You guys are the most annoying people on earth."
"Entry to the mind is through emotion, not logic."
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
"Life is a journey - every day should be lived as a story worth being told."
"Eat well and prosper."
"I love helping entrepreneurs and I'm proud to be the banker in a startup t-shirt, sneakers, and a hoodie. "
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"No guts, no glory"
"Don't be inspired, stay inspired."
"It won't happen overnight. But it will happen."
"They are only into it to get radical, they'll never understand the spiritual side of it. -Bodhi"
"Twitter is just a passing fad, interpreted scripting languages are here to stay."
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin"
"Strangers are the new black."
"A major key to success in building your business is always partnerships!"
"Don't be afraid to look stupid. The more you are willing to look stupid and learn, the more you succeed."
"Most people miss opportunity when it knocks bc it comes dressed in overalls, looking suspiciously like work. - Edison"
"You can only expect as much as you can imagine."
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is. - Shirley MacLaine"
"Don't dream it, be it. - Frank N. Furter"
"You rarr what you eat"
""I make things happen, and love every minute of it."
"Always keep your hands in the dirt."
"We live in the future. Advancements in neuroscience have reached new levels. Why aren't we learning things 10x faster yet?"
"Only a boring person is bored by himself."
"I have this idea..."
"Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. - Mandela"
"Create more value than you can capture - Tim O'Reilly"
"The future ain't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra"
"expect nothing. earn everything."
"Imagine, aha!, do, momentum"
"Less talking about ideas, more actually building those ideas."
"If it makes me a little bit nervous, I'm probably game."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted."
"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"
"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."
"Pursue your Passion"
"I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't."
"It’s not how good you are, It’s how good you want to be - Paul Arden"
"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. - Yeats"
"I love getting things done, and I laugh at my own jokes."
"You're doing better than you think, but not as well as you could be."
"Luck is when preparation meets
opportunity."
"Dream Big, You May Never Wake Up - Snoop"
"It's amazing what happens when you decide to unplug the internet, take out your headphones, and see where the quiet takes you."
"Ideas = dime/dozen. Execution = |matters|."
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
"Trust your gut."
"When you assume you make an ass out of you and your investors. Show me the data."
"Real artists ship. - Steve Jobs"
"I want to put a ding in the universe. - Steve Jobs"
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra"
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"Rock star is my backup plan."
"I think it's unfair Hasbro is the only company that makes Monopoly."
"Why would you ask me that? Who wants to do the dishes?"
"...all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. - Nietzsche"
"Just Do It."
"I believe in a thing called love / Just listen to the rhythm of my heart."
"Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso"
"Do something."
"I'm always doing things I don't know how to do, that's how I get to do them"
"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"
"I have been enjoying getting immersed into the vibrant culture of Silicone "Alley."
"Life is for living, not just surviving."
"Much like myself, the Internet's been since around since the 80s."
"I love Peter Luger, The High Line, and how NYC has transformed to be a powerful technology hub."
"Cogito ergo sum"
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
"I'm your huckleberry."
"Try to give people what they would want if they knew what was possible. Or just give them what they ask for."
"It's been real, except for the times that were fake. - Jeff Lawrence"
"Keep grinding."
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. - Phil Connors"
"If you love anything you have the capacity to love everything."
"Family first."
"I go through life like a Karate Kid - Britney Spears "
"Relax!"
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. - Milton Friedman"
"If you're not the lead dog, the view is always the same."
"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 "
"All I want to be is someone that makes new things and thinks about them."
"Always Faithful"
"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw"
"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"
"If someone’s not saying no to you everyday, you’re not pushing hard enough"
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain"
"Starting small is better than not starting at all."
"You look good today."
"There is nothing wrong with sending an email at 3:00AM."
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
"The future is unwritten."
"One idea at a time. Preferably one you love."