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"Starting small is better than not starting at all."
"You look good today."
""I make things happen, and love every minute of it."
"fighting an uphill battle against capitalization. "
"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 "
"Less talking about ideas, more actually building those ideas."
"No guts, no glory"
"Why would you ask me that? Who wants to do the dishes?"
"Always keep your hands in the dirt."
"Twitter is just a passing fad, interpreted scripting languages are here to stay."
"Be at the right place at the right time. For us, it was Facebook."
"I like to be scared at least once a week"
"Think strategically. Plan tactically. Live urgently."
"Trust your gut."
"Don't dream it, be it. - Frank N. Furter"
"Luck is when preparation meets
opportunity."
"Create more value than you can capture - Tim O'Reilly"
"The future is unwritten."
"Cogito ergo sum"
"One idea at a time. Preferably one you love."
"It's been real, except for the times that were fake. - Jeff Lawrence"
"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"
"I have been enjoying getting immersed into the vibrant culture of Silicone "Alley."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"expect nothing. earn everything."
"Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted."
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
"All I want to be is someone that makes new things and thinks about them."
"Live your dream and wear your passion"
"You guys are the most annoying people on earth."
"Entry to the mind is through emotion, not logic."
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"I'm your huckleberry."
"If you love anything you have the capacity to love everything."
"Try to give people what they would want if they knew what was possible. Or just give them what they ask for."
"A major key to success in building your business is always partnerships!"
"They are only into it to get radical, they'll never understand the spiritual side of it. -Bodhi"
"...all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. - Nietzsche"
"When you assume you make an ass out of you and your investors. Show me the data."
"I believe in a thing called love / Just listen to the rhythm of my heart."
"Strangers are the new black."
"If it makes me a little bit nervous, I'm probably game."
"I am hoping that I can be known as a great engineer and entrepreneur some day, rather than a sex symbol."
"Ideas = dime/dozen. Execution = |matters|."
"If someone’s not saying no to you everyday, you’re not pushing hard enough"
"pursuing passion and helping visionaries turn nothing into something."
"I want to put a ding in the universe. - Steve Jobs"
"JFDI - Mark Suster, Dave Cancel, et al"
"I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't."
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin"
"Don't be afraid to look stupid. The more you are willing to look stupid and learn, the more you succeed."
"Dream Big, You May Never Wake Up - Snoop"
"Don't be inspired, stay inspired."
"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."
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams"
"Relax!"
"It won't happen overnight. But it will happen."
"I have this idea..."
"I love helping entrepreneurs and I'm proud to be the banker in a startup t-shirt, sneakers, and a hoodie. "
"Always Faithful"
"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"
"You just have to accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue. - David Brent "
"I go through life like a Karate Kid - Britney Spears "
"No brandcuffs"
"We've Only Just Begun"
"There are some days that catch the light, days like diamonds."
"The soul of Man must quicken to creation. - T.S. Eliot"
"You rarr what you eat"
"Only a boring person is bored by himself."
"I failed my way to success. - Thomas Edison"
"Life is a journey - every day should be lived as a story worth being told."
"Much like myself, the Internet's been since around since the 80s."
"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"
"I think it's unfair Hasbro is the only company that makes Monopoly."
"As you grow older, you'll realize that the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. - Zachary Scott"
"Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso"
"Embrace competition. Its here to stay... and thank goodness for that."
"If you're not the lead dog, the view is always the same."
"Rock star is my backup plan."
"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."
"Pursue your Passion"
"Keep grinding."
"This is so much fun. "
"Vision over Visibility."
"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
"You're doing better than you think, but not as well as you could be."
"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"
"Life is for living, not just surviving."
"Oh, sweet serendipity!"
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
"Just Do It."
"Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means."
"Family first."
"Small steps are not enough."
"You get the right guys to play the right things at the right time and you got a motherfucker. - Miles Davis "
"People will stare. Make it worth their while."
"It's amazing what happens when you decide to unplug the internet, take out your headphones, and see where the quiet takes you."
"[Insert lengthy, potentially fake sounding story here]. True story."
"Eat well and prosper."
"Twitter & Facebook aren't just communication tools. They are gateways to being social and having your voice heard."
"Be excellent to each other!"
"Most people miss opportunity when it knocks bc it comes dressed in overalls, looking suspiciously like work. - Edison"
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"Life is uncertain. Don't sip."
"From an evolutionary perspective, the smarter the animal, the more it plays"
"Do something."
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
"I love Peter Luger, The High Line, and how NYC has transformed to be a powerful technology hub."
"I have fun making web apps for markets that have no data. Hence, SeatGeek."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra"
"We live in the future. Advancements in neuroscience have reached new levels. Why aren't we learning things 10x faster yet?"
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"Everything is better with a brass section or buffalo sauce."
"Imagine, aha!, do, momentum"
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become - Steve Jobs"
"Real artists ship. - Steve Jobs"
"The future ain't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra"
"I'm always doing things I don't know how to do, that's how I get to do them"
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"I love getting things done, and I laugh at my own jokes."
"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. - Phil Connors"
"2nd place is for losers..."
"That's a happy problem!"
"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. - Yeats"
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain"
"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw"
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharial Nehru"