Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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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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Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
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TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information?
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People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.
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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!
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The paternalism of the medical industry is insane.
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You are not just about death and disease.
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Pharma companies don't have a direct relationship with consumers, so they're always subjects.
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A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair.
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Physicians should be genotyped.
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If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
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I did a lot of fun things before I had kids - I traveled a lot. Now, I just really love being with my kids.
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I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.
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When I was young, I ate Ho Hos every day.
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Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.
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I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.
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I'm action-oriented.
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I was really raised in a gender-neutral household. I always knew I was a girl, but it never occurred to me that there was a limitation.
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As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care.
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It's one of the things I want people to understand about science... You don't have to be the best person in the world at it. But you can be good, and there are so many different opportunities in science.
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It's interesting: I think, genetically, there are people who need different things, like exercise. I need the exercise, others not so much, and I think more and more, we'll start to understand why people's bodies function in certain ways.
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The pharma industry is one of the few industries that comes up every year and brags about how much worse they got - like, now it costs $2 billion to make a drug, and it was a billion 5 years ago.
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When I graduated from college in 1996 and the Internet was taking off, I remember this feeling that there was an open range where anything could be built.
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As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'