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Larry Ellison Quotes

born 1944 United States

Lawrence J. Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the CEO and founder, Oracle Corporation.

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

Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on.

If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it.

So remember this graduates: when people start saying you're crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation of your life.

When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working.

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.

I had all the disadvantages necessary for success.

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.

I hate the PC, with a passion.

Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996)

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

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Larry Ellison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.