As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'

— Anne Wojcicki

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

— 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.'

— Anne Wojcicki

If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials and instead have seven out of 10 instead failing, that is a major victory for drug discovery and for people having better therapy.

— Anne Wojcicki

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!'

— Anne Wojcicki

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 are a lot of parking lots that we could get rid of and use for parks. That would be amazing!

— Anne Wojcicki

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

— Anne Wojcicki

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.

— Anne Wojcicki

It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much information about how we shop, but no one has that information about our health. Why can't my doctor say, 'Wow, Anne, based on your lifestyle and behavior, you're five years from being diabetic.' But I can go to Target, and they know exactly what I'm going to buy.

— Anne Wojcicki

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.

— Anne Wojcicki