Larry Ellison Quotes

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• I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when…
• Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score…
• Life's a journey. It's a journey about discovering limits.
• Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
• The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority.…
• You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.
• You have to act and act now.
• To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
• If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.
• I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.
• 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 utter nonsense...You climbed…
• When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my primary goal. Sure,…
• When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you become uncomfortable. So deal with it. They don't know what you are…
• You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.
• All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better. You can't worry about it, you can't panic…
• The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
• I believe people have to follow their dreams-I did.
• When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.
• Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about.
• The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion.

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