Quotes by Anne Wojcicki

“I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'”

“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!'”

“One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.”

“I'm not going to change I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. ”

“The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.”

“It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.”

“I'm not going to change I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.”

“If I am fortunate enough to secure the company’s assets through the restructuring process, I remain committed to our long-term vision of being a global leader in genetics and establishing genetics ...”

“There is no doubt that the challenges faced by 23andMe through an evolving business model have been real, but my belief in the company and its future is unwavering”

“My mom is utterly the believer. Like, she can get anything done”

“She had a real fighter mentality growing up, and I feel that was how we were raised…My mom’s like, ‘Listen, a lot of really bad stuff happened in my life. You either let that control you, or you ma...”

“You’re only a viable fetus once you have your PhD”

“We were raised to not shy away from conflict. That quality has helped me focus on what I believe is the right thing to do and manage the conflict and criticism that has come our way”

“Balance the workforce: Hire one man for every woman, and balance it across positions of management. The only way to really drive change is to have diversity represented”

“My third employee was a professor, who had a huge background in ethics, Wojcicki said. We've always focused on how are we going to consent people appropriately”

“I started to realize that if you really wanted to understand the human genome and to have a different type of healthcare system, you had to have it driven by the people and for the people”

“I found that few aspects of healthcare actually were in my best interest, Wojcicki said. I would like to just stay healthy and to never use healthcare, but I found that almost no aspects of what I ...”

“I loved genetics and the idea that you have a code inside of you that interacts in your environment and determines how your body works”

“We were like ‘Let's go for a million,’ she said, and then at a million, we said, ‘Wow we can really do some crazy things at 10 million. And now, we have so many people that you have disease represe...”

“The future,Wojcicki said, is dripping with possibilities”