--- title: "8 Oracles Quotes By Larry Ellison" description: "8 Oracles quotes by Larry Ellison. Plus more from Larry Ellison and more Oracles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/larry-ellison-3963_america_i-think-i-am-very-goal-oriented-i-d-like_154710.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-think-i-am-very-goal-oriented-i-d-like-to-win-the-america-s-cup-i-d/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/larry-ellison-3963_america_i-think-i-am-very-goal-oriented-i-d-like_154710.jpg) > [When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/when-you-write-a-program-for-android-you-use-the-oracle-java-tools/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/larry-ellison-3963_android_when-you-write-a-program-for-android-you_1091412.jpg) > [If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it. So the great thing about open source is nobody owns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/if-an-open-source-product-gets-good-enough-we-ll-simply-take-it-so/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/larry-ellison-3963_add_if-an-open-source-product-gets-good-enou_1367892.jpg) > [It's my job for Oracle, the number two software company in the world; to become the number one software company in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/it-s-my-job-for-oracle-the-number-two-software-company-in-the-world/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/larry-ellison-3963_business_it-s-my-job-for-oracle-the-number-two-so_1421121.jpg) > [Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/oracle-s-got-100-enterprise-applications-live-in-the-cloud-today-sap/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/larry-ellison-3963_application_oracle-s-got-100-enterprise-applications_2341116.jpg) > [I have run engineering since day one at Oracle, and I still run engineering. I hold meetings every week with the database…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-have-run-engineering-since-day-one-at-oracle-and-i-still-run/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/larry-ellison-3963_application_i-have-run-engineering-since-day-one-at_2843625.jpg) > [Building Oracle is like doing math puzzles as a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/building-oracle-is-like-doing-math-puzzles-as-a-kid/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bc/larry-ellison-3963_building_building-oracle-is-like-doing-math-puzzl_2937404.jpg) > [When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/when-i-started-oracle-what-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-create-an/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/larry-ellison-3963_become-rich_when-i-started-oracle-what-i-wanted-to-d_2967583.jpg) ## Other authors on Oracles - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oracles/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Larry Ellison > [I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-own-a-home-in-kyoto-japan-actually-on-the-temple-on-grounds-in/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/you-can-t-spend-as-much-money-as-i-have-even-if-you-try-i-ve-been/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-think-i-am-very-goal-oriented-i-d-like-to-win-the-america-s-cup-i-d/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-love-sailing-i-like-it-more-when-i-am-winning/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [See things in the present, even if they are in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/see-things-in-the-present-even-if-they-are-in-the-future/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/game-playing-is-more-fun-when-it-s-virtual-because-you-re-more/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/in-some-ways-getting-away-from-the-headquarters-and-having-a-little/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/taking-care-of-your-employees-is-extremely-important-and-very-very/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/if-the-internet-turns-out-not-to-be-the-future-of-computing-we-re/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [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."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/when-you-re-the-first-person-whose-beliefs-are-different-from-what/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/if-your-cash-is-about-to-run-out-you-have-to-cut-your-cash-flow-ceos/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/what-can-a-sales-person-say-to-somebody-to-get-them-to-buy-a-product/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [I hate the PC, with a passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-hate-the-pc-with-a-passion/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-think-after-a-certain-amount-i-m-going-to-give-almost-everything-i/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) > [It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/it-s-microsoft-versus-mankind-with-microsoft-having-only-a-slight-lead/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oracles/larry-ellison/#itemlist", "name": "8 Oracles Quotes By Larry Ellison", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 in the world. 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