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