From wise to witty; from talks to tweets… here is a roundup of words from NEA partners and entrepreneurs that caught our eyes (and ears!) this week:

1. “We’re in a funding sexual revolution, a lot of seed funding, with no commitment”
Harry Weller, NEA General Partner
MAVA Holiday Luncheon, ‘Year in Review’ 12/11/12 (tweeted by @gscottshaw)

2.  “Those entrepreneurs are not going to go away… they’re going to come back, and they’re going to be better.”
Patrick Chung on the “Series A crunch” accelerating innovation.
Bloomberg TV | The Tech Revolution in Education, Healthcare 12/13/12

3. “Woah! @Curalate has been named one of “The 50 Coolest New Businesses In America” by @BusinessInsider: http://cur.lt/12lsLYb . We’re honored!”
@curalate tweet on 12/12/12

4. “You are helping us establish a new medical era that is defined by wellness, disease prevention, and personalized care.”
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe CEO
23andMe blog post, 12/11/12

5.  “Payment processing is getting pretty sexy” thanks to @braintree and others. http://www.inc.com/magazine/201212/adam-bluestein/plastic-will-be-passe.html … “
@neavc tweet on 12/13/12

6. “My ultimate goal is to walk down the street in Tokyo from anywhere in the world.”
Drew Sechrist, KooZoo CEO & Co-Founder
Wired.com | Deploying an Army of Smartphones to Stream Images of Everything, 12/13/12

7. “all I want for xmas is Big Data.. http://onforb.es/U60HTI”
@aerospike tweet on 12/13/12 in reference to Pentaho CEO Quentin Gallivan’s post on Big Data’s importance to retailers

8. “I think entrepreneurship is ordinary people doing extraordinary things… Becoming a successful entrepreneur isn’t about your skills or your abilities or your DNA, it’s about what you refuse to give up on – what you will keep doing until you succeed.”
Marten Mikos, Eucalyptus CEO
UCSB Distinguised Lecture Series covered by Forbes, 12/10/12

9. “The entire investment community owes First Round Capital & NEA a debt of gratitude for standing up for the little guys”
@davidhornik of August Capital tweet on 12/7/12 in reference to TechForward vs. Best Buy

10. “Have a fanatical focus on your early team – they’ll set the tone for your company’s history.”
Dylan Smith, Box CFO & Co-Founder
12/14/12 (tweeted by @StanfordBiz)