Play the game, but don’t believe in it – that much you owe yourself … Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy. Learn how it operates, learn how you operate.


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Greg has told us he's looking at a terrific professional opportunity. We wish him well.
LARRY ELLISON
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of t...
LARRY ELLISON
The code is pretty much overrated. It's more important to know such things as structure, features an...
LARRY ELLISON
I don't like Tom.
LARRY ELLISON
I slept fine over the weekend, so conclude what you like. We're going to have a great year.
LARRY ELLISON
It's a simple strategy. You take what you can't sell, you glue it into the operating system, and you...
LARRY ELLISON
I think that's going to be difficult to achieve,
LARRY ELLISON
Last quarter we got through it with record profitability record margins, ... In light of Sept. 11, i...
LARRY ELLISON
My impression is that we're gaining share, ... More and more people are using Oracle.
LARRY ELLISON
We think of Microsoft as our major competitor in the database business, not IBM,
LARRY ELLISON
We don't know, ... The fact is that the buying climate remains very tough. There aren't so many big ...
LARRY ELLISON
The real highlight of our most recent quarter was the 57 percent growth in our applications business...
LARRY ELLISON
Guys were knocked down time and time again, but kept getting up to do what had to be done to keep us...
LARRY ELLISON
a bag of viruses.
LARRY ELLISON
A new giant will be born,
LARRY ELLISON
We have no large acquisitions in mind right now.
LARRY ELLISON
I don't think that's an unreasonable target, ... through a combination of acquisitions and organic g...
LARRY ELLISON
At one time we highlighted BEA for a possible acquisition, but less so now. We have passed them up.....
LARRY ELLISON
Despite what everyone says, our software is actually cheaper.
LARRY ELLISON
Every application we make works with the Mac today,
LARRY ELLISON
When belief in a god dies, the god dies
HARLAN ELLISON
People who can't get laid watch _Star Trek_ and eat Twinkies!
HARLAN ELLISON
This is believed to be the largest ever seizure of this drug in Australia,
CHRIS ELLISON
It's very important, this agreement that we have reached with Singapore, because it's such a signifi...
CHRIS ELLISON
I can check the Oracle stock price with this, ... and then maybe decide to pick up some more stock w...
LARRY ELLISON
Throughout my work as a state legislator and member of Congress since 2002, I have worked as hard as...
KEITH ELLISON
Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled.
HARLAN ELLISON
There must be something in the water in Minnesota because historically, despite its seemingly homoge...
KEITH ELLISON
We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.
KEITH ELLISON
I started NetSuite. NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, 'We're going t...
LARRY ELLISON
We are as a nation very strongly committed to fighting war crimes and bringing those who are guilty ...
CHRIS ELLISON
These dogs, with their super-sensitive noses, remain the quickest and most accurate detection device...
CHRIS ELLISON
Certainly you can't do anything before charges have been laid, but I can assure you that if they fac...
CHRIS ELLISON
Attacking terrorist financing cuts off the lifeblood of terrorism,
CHRIS ELLISON
The Australian Government has great respect for the significance of these items as part of China's s...
CHRIS ELLISON
There are still some people who want longhorn cattle out there, but we've been working with a core g...
CHUCK ELLISON
Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit...
KEITH ELLISON
If you do panto, everyone says you are washed up - but I love all the booing and hissing.
JENNIFER ELLISON
Girls Aloud,
JENNIFER ELLISON
I recently went mad and spent - 1,000 in one afternoon on bras and knickers. I love classy, lacy stu...
JENNIFER ELLISON
If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.
JENNIFER ELLISON