Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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We should revel in tons and tons and tons of ideas. Some of them will manifest and lead to a drug discovery, and some will not.
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I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.
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There's nothing more raw in life than when you're sick.
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I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.
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People are used to dealing with risk.
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Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.
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Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can say we think it's good. But some people might say 'Oh, it reduces your risk of colon cancer by 20%, some people might say it reduces your risk by 25%.'
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You can get so much value just from being genotyped.
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There's going to be space travel at some point.
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I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth.
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I really like raw connections, and so I've always had a harder time in politics because I feel there's a lot of veneer around everything.
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I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.
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FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.
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Data helps solve problems.
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When you try new things, you will make mistakes. That's OK.
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Did you know that there was a study in 1961 that found that 90 percent of physicians wouldn't tell you if you were diagnosed with cancer?
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My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.
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Traditionally, when you talk to people who have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, they'll talk about how they're in five or six studies, and they've been sequenced by each study. That's just fat in the system. Just have a single data set that then you can share. You can make the entire system more efficient.
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There should be choice in healthcare.
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You don't necessarily want your physician to have all your information.
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I want the world's data accessible.
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Being in Silicon Valley makes me strict when it comes to my children's technology use. I am surrounded by it all day, so I try to avoid it when I get home. I set screen-time limits, because I think it's good to diversify activities.
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My mom was a problem solver.
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I hope that Los Altos is one of the first cities to have self-driving cars, and if that's true, well, awesome, because there's a lot of parking lots that we could get rid of and use for parks. That would be amazing!