Larry Ellison Quotes

Impact is just always improving at all angles. There is a lot of creativity and thought that goes into everything.

The manager, in today's world, doesn't get paid to be a steward of resources, a favored term not so many years ago. He or she gets paid for one and only one thing: to make things better (incrementally and dramatically), to change things, to act - today.

An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make things better. I'm not really one to harp on previous records. I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

Competition helps people figure it out.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.

Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Innovation is a necessity.

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

In the long run, competition makes us better... it drives innovation.

Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.

Finding a better way is all I do.

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

When you think you've made it, you need to keep pushing because the person next to you or your competitor is also getting better, and you need to be able to stay ahead.

The name of the game is improving, and I've done that.

I like to think about the future and how things can be done better than they are now. That's what engineers do.

The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.