Larry Ellison Business Quotations

The real highlight of our most recent quarter was the 57 percent growth in our applications business, and this merger is going to make that applications business bigger and stronger,

It also strengthens our No. 1 positions in the application business in North America. And it moves us closer to our goal of being No. 1 in applications globally.

As the Internet grows, that's driving our top line, ... Last quarter, our software business grew 30 percent.

Our applications business is strong and getting stronger, ... Oracle's new e-Business Suite puts every aspect of a business -- marketing, sales, service, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, accounting, human resources -- everything, on the Internet. All the applications in our suite are designed and engineered to work together, so customers buying the entire suite don't need to do any systems integration.

The growth rate is also higher than our database business. It's a sticky business with the license renewals and is on the high end of our value chain.

Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.

What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't like it? Nothing.

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.

You cannot innovate by copying.

See things in the present, even if they are in the future.