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