Larry Ellison

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

Larry Ellison

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

Larry Ellison

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

Larry Ellison

The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.

Larry Ellison

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

Larry Ellison

A corporation’s primary goal is to make money. Government’s primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.

Larry Ellison

Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.

Larry Ellison

Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.

Larry Ellison

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build.

Larry Ellison

Building Oracle is like doing math puzzles as a kid.

Larry Ellison