Larry Ellison Quotes


You'll see us controlling our costs, and one of the ways we control costs is by managing headcount... I don't think there is any company out there now that is not being asked to do more with less. - Larry Ellison



You'll see it in the newspapers. Oracle's strong preference is to do everything hostilely. - Larry Ellison



You can't conform in business... If you adhere to conventional wisdom, if you do everything everyone else does, you're going to lose, The only way to get ahead, to really get ahead. is to be different. - Larry Ellison



While that may underscore our database growth in the fourth quarter, it bodes extremely well for database sales in the first quarter, and the second quarter and the third quarter... It's because we didn't sweep the table in the fourth quarter and we will never sweep the table again. - Larry Ellison



While BEA is a less attractive candidate, it doesn't mean we are running out of targets. - Larry Ellison



When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. - Larry Ellison