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