--- title: "10 Larry Ellison Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Larry Ellison quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Larry Ellison sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/walter-isaacson-384_technology_steve-created-the-only-lifestyle-brand-i_1053289.jpg" --- > [“Steve created the only lifestyle brand in the tech industry,” Larry Ellison said. “There are cars people are proud to have—Porsche, Ferrari,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/steve-created-the-only-lifestyle-brand-in-the-tech-industry-larry/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/walter-isaacson-384_technology_steve-created-the-only-lifestyle-brand-i_1053289.jpg) > [“Two other technology icons, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison, were adopted, and the experience is thought by some to have given each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-stone/two-other-technology-icons-steve-jobs-and-larry-ellison-were-adopted/) [Brad Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/brad-stone-2853_motivation_two-other-technology-icons-steve-jobs-an_2991337.jpg) > [So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/so-what-you-can-do-in-microsoft-word-is-what-bill-gates-has-decided/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/ted-nelson-13662_crew_so-what-you-can-do-in-microsoft-word-is_1392196.png) > [“Even with the knowledge that they may die a slow, grueling death, many people still wish to remain kept alive at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-doughty/even-with-the-knowledge-that-they-may-die-a-slow-grueling-death-many/) [Caitlin Doughty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-doughty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/caitlin-doughty-12025_death_even-with-the-knowledge-that-they-may-di_2149744.jpg) > [Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcnealy/do-i-have-a-problem-with-larry-ellison-buying-sun-no-that-s-part-of/) [Scott McNealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcnealy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/scott-mcnealy-20917_buying_do-i-have-a-problem-with-larry-ellison-b_939655.jpg) > [Recently, there has been a profound change in how we think about corporate leadership. The 1990s was the era of celebrity leaders:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-o-toole/recently-there-has-been-a-profound-change-in-how-we-think-about/) [James O'Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-o-toole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/james-o-toole-26001_change_recently-there-has-been-a-profound-chang_2111753.jpg) > [ I do understand that when someone gives you a \[expletive\] load of money, you take that money. Someone like Larry Ellison wants… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-roddick/i-do-understand-that-when-someone-gives-you-a-expletive-load-of-money/) [Andy Roddick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-roddick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/andy-roddick-6537_events_i-do-understand-that-when-someone-gives_601583.jpg) > [I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/safra-a-catz/i-learn-from-larry-ellison-every-day-i-ve-said-this-before-how-is-it/) [Safra A. Catz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/safra-a-catz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/safra-a-catz-16620_day_i-learn-from-larry-ellison-every-day-i-v_124157.jpg) > [“ “I’m talking about greatness, about taking a lever to the world and moving it,” Larry Ellison said, walking the grounds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-guthrie/i-m-talking-about-greatness-about-taking-a-lever-to-the-world-and/) [Julian Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-guthrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/julian-guthrie-98602_best-friend_i-m-talking-about-greatness-about-taking_201854.jpg) > [“The overwhelming favorites to dominate the race to become the so-called Information Superhighway were competing proprietary technologies from industry powerhouses such as Oracle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-horowitz/the-overwhelming-favorites-to-dominate-the-race-to-become-the-so/) [Ben Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/ben-horowitz-1791_data_the-overwhelming-favorites-to-dominate-t_1108733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/larry-ellison/#itemlist", "name": "Larry Ellison Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Steve created the only lifestyle brand in the tech industry,” Larry Ellison said. “There are cars people are proud to have—Porsche, Ferrari, Prius—because what I drive says something about me. 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Their stories captured the imagination of the business press. This was not so illogical, since most companies didn’t even run TCP/IP (the software foundation for the Internet)—they ran proprietary networking protocols such as AppleTalk, NetBIOS, and SNA. As late as November 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book titled The Road Ahead, in which he predicted that the Information Superhighway—a network connecting all businesses and consumers in a world of frictionless commerce—would be the logical successor to the Internet and would rule the future. Gates later went back and changed references from the Information Superhighway to the Internet, but that was not his original vision. The implications of this proprietary vision were not good for business or for consumers. In the minds of visionaries like Bill Gates and Larry Ellison, the corporations that owned the Information Superhighway would tax every transaction by charging a “vigorish,” as Microsoft’s then–chief technology officer, Nathan Myhrvold, referred to it. It’s difficult to overstate the momentum that the proprietary Information Superhighway carried. After Mosaic, even Marc and his cofounder, Jim Clark, originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Superhighway, not the Internet. It wasn’t until deep into the planning process that they decided that by improving the browser to make it secure, more functional, and easier to use, they could make the Internet the network of the future. 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