What Really Matters? To What End?

"A Latin teacher once told me that the 'F' she gave me would ruin my life. I didn't believe it and told her so. A little letter in a square box? It all seemed so silly."

(Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, in “Irreplaceable,” by Victoria Murphy Barret. Forbes: August 14, 2006. Vol.178, Iss. 3; pg. 82)