"Twenty minutes compared to never, that's a lot. Our customer, the Central Intelligence Agency, would get very upset somebody looks in their database."

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

“The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?”

“I hate the PC, with a passion.”

“When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my primary goal. Sure, I wanted to make a living. I certainly never expected to become rich, certainly not this rich. I mean, rich does not even describe this. This is surreal.”

“Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.”

“Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales.”