Larry Ellison

“They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.”

“We have an ideal location for a couple of organic wineries on the island. But the reintroduction of commercial agriculture to Lanai is 100% dependent upon increasing the available water on the island. So we're going to use solar energy to convert seawater to fresh water.”

“I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins.”

“Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.”

“When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push a button and say, 'Convert this to Android format.'”

“We've announced an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, a bunch of low-cost commodity servers running Linux, integrated in our case, with InfiniBand - connected with InfiniBand vs. the traditional Ethernet.”

“It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.”

“What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.”

“I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.”

“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.”

“We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.”

“One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.”

“Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.”

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

“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.”

“When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.”

“I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.”

“When I was a kid a long time ago, when the sun rose, I was outside on my bike. If my parents were lucky - poor parents! - I would be home before it got dark.”

“Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.”

“I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.”