If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup.… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like… — 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
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
What is Oracle? A bunch of people. And all of our products were just ideas in the heads of those people -… — 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
People really criticize professional athletes going into the Olympics. People don't like change. A bunch of people don't like the Olympics now… — 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
Right now, 70 percent of the people don't have computers. And where they're needed most, people don't have them. We think this… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
It's fascinating as we continue to innovate and lead the way in both the application space and the database space. In the… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help… — 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