Larry ellison

The social network is the paradigm of the modern service application.

I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.

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.

Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.

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

To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

We have most of the software industry running Autonomy.

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....

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...