I'm still a really shitty programmer, but I know enough to hack a prototype together.

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.

Stop sketching and start building.

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.

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

Let the life of one so dear be celebrated and embraced - with each passing day.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?

Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

I have a rule: I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell.

A good organizer is key to anyone with a busy social life.

Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.