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Inspirational Quotes by Larry Ellison

57 Inspirational quotes by Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison talks about big goals and the money needed to chase them. He loves sailing and says winning feels best, while also urging leaders to step back, reflect, and cut cash when it runs low. He notes that being the first to think differently can feel like standing alone.

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Five years from now, I don't know how I'll think.

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I believe people have to follow their dreams-I did.

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Think of it as you want it, not as it is!

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You have to act and act now.

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I hate the PC, with a passion.

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I have hobbies. I do all sorts of ridiculous things,

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Building Oracle is like doing math puzzles as a kid.

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Winning is not enough. All others must lose.

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We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company.

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You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.

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Our goal is simply to become the desktop for e-businesses.

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Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about.

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When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

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See things in the present, even if they are in the future.

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When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.

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I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.

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To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more…

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You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand your own mortality can…

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Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative.

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Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method…

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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…

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If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this…

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I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with…

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When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you become uncomfortable. So deal with it. They don't know…

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I think you might see us growing much deeper into banking. You might see us acquiring companies in the banking area. You…

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The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts…

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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…

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It's my job for Oracle, the number two software company in the world; to become the number one software company in the…

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I have run engineering since day one at Oracle, and I still run engineering. I hold meetings every week with the database…

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I'd prefer people read about Churchill and how he wasn't overwhelmed by Nazi Germany. Amazing; that the morale of a country rested…

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In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your…

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I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.’ Okay, we may…

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When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my…

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You cannot innovate by copying.

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I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.

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Act confident, even when you're not.

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Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

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Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.

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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.

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The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.

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I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.

You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.

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…

I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.

See things in the present, even if they are in the future.

Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.

In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You…

Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.

If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

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."…

If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and live with…

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…

I hate the PC, with a passion.

I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You…

It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.