When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you become uncomfortable. So deal with it. They don't know… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand your own mortality can… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.’ Okay, we may… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I'd prefer people read about Churchill and how he wasn't overwhelmed by Nazi Germany. Amazing; that the morale of a country rested… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I am also involved with all the acquisitions and overall strategy. Now it's true, I don't run operations. But I've never really… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
It's my job for Oracle, the number two software company in the world; to become the number one software company in the… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I think you might see us growing much deeper into banking. You might see us acquiring companies in the banking area. You… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I think about the business all the time. Well I shouldn't say all the time. I don't think about it when I… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
So what makes me happy? I was really happy to build this house. That's it; building things. The trouble with software is… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Those that believe this is merely a downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and as something matures, the rate… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1 software company… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong."… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and live with… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
