Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded. Larry Ellison More Quotes by Larry Ellison More Quotes From Larry Ellison I hate the PC, with a passion. Larry Ellison i-hatepassionhate The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Larry Ellison drivencomputerfashion 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, I wanted to make a living. I certainly never expected to become rich, certainly not this rich. I mean, rich does not even describe this. This is surreal. And it has nothing to do with money. I mean, you buy clothes with money, and cars. But I really wanted to work with people I enjoyed working with, who I admired and liked. Larry Ellison clothesinspirationalmean We saw — we conducted the experiment. I mean, it’s been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we’re gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs. Larry Ellison applesjobsmean To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?' Larry Ellison useinspirationaljobs I think about the business all the time. Well I shouldn't say all the time. I don't think about it when I am wakeboarding. But even when I am on vacation, or on my boat; I am on email everyday. I am always prowling around the internet looking at what our competitors are doing. Larry Ellison vacationinspirationalthinking In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The tricky thing is to grow at this rate and maintain a 40 percent operating margin. Larry Ellison coupleinspirationalorder Our goal is simply to become the desktop for e-businesses. Larry Ellison desktopgoalinspirational I'd prefer people read about Churchill and how he wasn't overwhelmed by Nazi Germany. Amazing; that the morale of a country rested on one person's shoulders. Extraordinary people carried that country through its darkest hours; truly inspirational. I suppose that's my theme. Whether it's a biography or a movie; whether it's fictional or true, I'm inspired by people doing great things. Larry Ellison inspirationalcountrypeople Both my mother and I were determined that we weren't going to stay on welfare. We always worked toward doing better, toward having a better life. We never had any doubts that we would. Larry Ellison businessdoubtmother I believe people have to follow their dreams-I did. Larry Ellison dreaminspirationalbelieve It's my job for Oracle, the number two software company in the world; to become the number one software company in the world. My job is to build better than the competition, sell those products in the marketplace and eventually supplant Microsoft and move from being number two to number one. Larry Ellison inspirationaljobsmoving All you can do is all you can do. Larry Ellison can-do Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales. Larry Ellison really-greatsoftwaredoe I started NetSuite. NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, 'We're going to do ERP on the Internet, software-as-a-service.' Six months later Marc Benioff, finding out what NetSuite was doing, and kind of copied it. Larry Ellison six-monthskindideas 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 can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying. Larry Ellison inspirationalgivingthinking I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning. Larry Ellison sailingwinninginspirational I have hobbies. I do all sorts of ridiculous things. Larry Ellison ridiculous-thingshobbiesridiculous If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden. Larry Ellison goldenturnsinternet The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop? Larry Ellison fashiontalkingideas
