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