You have to take a broader view and realize this is an industry like any other - telecoms, Railroads; they went through… — 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
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
We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the… — 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'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 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 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
There's a wonderful saying that's dead wrong. 'Why did you climb the mountain?' 'I climbed the mountain because it was there.' That's… — 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
Because software is all about scale. The larger you are, the more profitable you are. If we sell twice as much as… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better. You can't worry about it,… — 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
I saw that we needed to grow but our top line wasn't growing, so we had to find other ways to grow… — 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 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
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
Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method… — 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