Stop sketching and start building.

Foursquare makes maps special. We take maps that are blank and put dots on them to help you figure out what to do.

If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work.

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work. If you're passionate about an idea that's stuck in your head, find a way to build it so you can prove to yourself that it doesn't work.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do.

Build something that fixes something people are having a problem with, and you're lined up for great things.

What we're starting to see is that the best apps tend to be the simplest, the easiest to use and the fastest to use.

Building a product is easy. But building the company that builds the product is hard.

Stop sketching. Start building.

Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be.

We share that misfortune, reaper...

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.

My palette contains a warm and cool of each primary, plus four modifiers: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Blue-Violet and Phthalo Yellow-Green just mix as I go for each painting.

he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?

I thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man.

Sincerity of conviction and purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all odds.

People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing the opposite.