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

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

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

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.

— Larry Ellison

I hate the PC, with a passion.

— Larry Ellison

It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead

— Larry Ellison

If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

— Larry Ellison

Twenty minutes compared to never, that's a lot. Our customer, the Central Intelligence Agency, would get very upset [if] somebody looks in their database.

— Larry Ellison

If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it. So the great thing about open source is nobody owns it – a company like Oracle is free to take it for nothing, include it in our products and charge for support, and that's what we'll do. So it is not disruptive at all – you have to find places to add value. Once open source gets good enough, competing with it would be insane. … We don't have to fight open source, we have to exploit open source.

— Larry Ellison

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

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

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

— Larry Ellison

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 right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.

— Larry Ellison

I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.

— Larry Ellison