Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. Larry Ellison More Quotes by Larry Ellison More Quotes From Larry Ellison One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water. Larry Ellison great problem weather water Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build. Larry Ellison going build personal computers They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want. Larry Ellison name you internet want Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high. Larry Ellison price us high thought We have most of the software industry running Autonomy. Larry Ellison most autonomy industry software We have an ideal location for a couple of organic wineries on the island. But the reintroduction of commercial agriculture to Lanai is 100% dependent upon increasing the available water on the island. So we're going to use solar energy to convert seawater to fresh water. Larry Ellison island agriculture energy water Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded. Larry Ellison me crowded san-diego beautiful It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific. Larry Ellison cool me work beautiful