Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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I'm action-oriented.
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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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When I was young, I ate Ho Hos every day.
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One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.
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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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I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
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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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I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'
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The challenge in a startup is you hit a lot of turbulence, and you want people who understand that it's just turbulence and not a crisis.
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The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.
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There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.
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We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information?
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We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.
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I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic.
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Most important about what Ashoka is doing is that they make people believe that change is possible. That belief can go viral.
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I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt.
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April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.
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When Amazon emerged, people had these debates about whether people would put their credit cards online.
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There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer.
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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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Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
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It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries.
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I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.
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There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.