Anne Wojcicki Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.”

“Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.”

“Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.”

“I carry my iPad and laptop with me everywhere.”

“There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer.”

“There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.”

“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.”

“Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human endeavor from education to transportation to medicine, genetics will undoubtedly benefit people everywhere in ways we can't even imagine but know will surely occur.”

“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%.'”