Anne Wojcicki quote: "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."

It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much informatio...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.
ANNE WOJCICKI

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with r...
ANNE WOJCICKI

People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung canc...
ANNE WOJCICKI

My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her preg...
ANNE WOJCICKI

It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. Mo...
ANNE WOJCICKI

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I think we are definitely suffering from an information overload, but I believe that there is going ...
ANNE WOJCICKI

A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some cur...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get ...
ANNE WOJCICKI

If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials an...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Being in Silicon Valley makes me strict when it comes to my children's technology use. I am surr...
ANNE WOJCICKI

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environm...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally...
ANNE WOJCICKI

There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I did a lot of fun things before I had kids - I traveled a lot. Now, I just really love being with m...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits...
ANNE WOJCICKI

You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Fashion was never my forte.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas com...
ANNE WOJCICKI

The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.
ANNE WOJCICKI

Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzhei...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world -...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I really like raw connections, and so I've always had a harder time in politics because I feel t...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I have deep respect for Rep. Jackie Speier and all that she has done to open doors for women everywh...
ANNE WOJCICKI

All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error metho...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Making personalized medicine a reality will require a strong partnership between 23andMe and the phy...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sor...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.
ANNE WOJCICKI

My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's any...
ANNE WOJCICKI

Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can sa...
ANNE WOJCICKI

There's going to be space travel at some point.
ANNE WOJCICKI

I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that w...
ANNE WOJCICKI

My mom was a problem solver.
ANNE WOJCICKI

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.
ANNE WOJCICKI

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

The challenge in a startup is you hit a lot of turbulence, and you want people who understand that i...
ANNE WOJCICKI

I get parking tickets all the time.
ANNE WOJCICKI

At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succ...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, ...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Advertising is very simple in a lot of ways. Advertisers go where the users go, and users are choosi...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gend...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Mobile is an incredibly fast-growing market and will continue to be.
SUSAN WOJCICKI

My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

People don't understand the logistics of advertising. To have the ads purchased and run, you nee...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.
SUSAN WOJCICKI

I am responsible for creating and overseeing the future products that make up Google Advertising.
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried reall...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that ...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Even though it was a start-up with fewer than 20 people, and I was pregnant with my first child, the...
SUSAN WOJCICKI

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
ANNE FRANK

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother T...
ANNE LAMOTT

Love means to commit yourself without guarantee.
ANNE CAMPBELL

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and...
ANNE BAXTER

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to b...
ANNE RICE

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
ANNE FRANK

I live in a crazy time.
ANNE FRANK

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not le...
ANNE LAMOTT

Ireland is such an amazing country, and I have this little dream in the back of my head that someday...
ANNE HATHAWAY

I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and ...
ANNE LAMOTT

I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our ...
ANNE LAMOTT

For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big ...
ANNE LAMOTT

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.
ANNE SPENCER

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
ANNE BRADSTREET

Timothy Dunnigan: The kinds of metaphorical language that we use to describe the Hmong say far more ...
ANNE FADIMAN

I got to the point where the vampire began describing his brother's death, and the whole thing just ...
ANNE RICE

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
ANNE RICE

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and ma...
ANNE BRONTE

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.
ANNE BRONTE

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of ...
ANNE BRONTE

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise...
ANNE BRONTE

There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.
ANNE BRONTE

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
ANNE BRONTE

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I...
ANNE BRONTE

It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for eve...
ANNE BRONTE

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him t...
ANNE BRONTE

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
ANNE BRONTE

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if ...
ANNE BRONTE

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all thin...
ANNE SMEDLEY

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than tha...
ANNE FRANK

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and ...
ANNE FRANK

the conversion of Anne Frank into usable goods.
ANNE FRANK

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c...
ANNE FRANK

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.
ANNE FRANK

I love rom-coms, and I was bummed that they sort of stopped making them around the time I was old en...
ANNE HATHAWAY

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the...
ANNE DUDLEY

I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the ...
ANNE BURRELL

I've cancelled all my subscriptions to poetry magazines. I prefer to read the 'New Scientist...
ANNE STEVENSON

Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
ANNE BRADSTREET

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box . . .
ANNE RICE

Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food sickens you, there seems no re...
ANNE RICE

You'll sing a song of victory, eternally, though there is none to be had.
ANNE RICE

I was particularly stunned by the casting of [Tom] Cruise, who is no more my Vampire LeStat than Edw...
ANNE RICE

But at that moment I heard Claudia's voice. She was calling my name. I turned, and, through the tang...
ANNE RICE

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know w...
ANNE RICE

During this crisis you failed us
ANNE RICE

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
ANNE RICE

I look around at my peers, and I'm so blown away by their talent and their beauty and their cool...
ANNE HATHAWAY

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.
ANNE LAMOTT

I cannot promise very much.I give you the images I know.Lie still with me and watch.We laugh and we ...
ANNE SEXTON

After two undefeated seasons of 'Worst Cooks in America,' I'm ready for a third. Going a...
ANNE BURRELL

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the deva...
ANNE PERRY

I work reasonably hard. Though probably not harder than many people. I work probably eight or nine h...
ANNE PERRY

I am miles ahead with ideas and excitement in the mind, and that is where it all begins. I feel that...
ANNE PERRY

Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it s...
ANNE PERRY

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my...
ANNE PERRY

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.
ANNE PERRY

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of pe...
ANNE PERRY

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well pr...
ANNE PERRY

Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class...
ANNE PERRY

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has sho...
ANNE SULLIVAN

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history, ....
ANNE SULLIVAN

This is a real successful brand with great name recognition and household penetration.
ANNE SULLIVAN

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
ANNE SULLIVAN

Again, it's an elective component for parents and students, but the support is there in the event th...
ANNE SULLIVAN

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger ...
ANNE SULLIVAN

Q-Tips is such a universally recognized and beloved brand with so much versatility. We look forward ...
ANNE SULLIVAN

If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today, ... Re...
ANNE SULLIVAN

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has sho...
ANNE SULLIVAN

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
ANNE BAXTER

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in ...
ANNE LAMOTT

Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the...
ANNE FRANK

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle yo...
ANNE ENRIGHT

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods;
To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip,
Or st...
ANNE SPENCER

The house of my body has spoken
often as you rebuild me like blocks,
and promise to come vis...
ANNE SEXTON

No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often...
ANNE LAMOTT

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is alwa...
ANNE RICE

Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!
ANNE RICE

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the cont...
ANNE RICE

It is not enough to read Hesse
and drink clam chowder,
we must have the answers.
ANNE SEXTON

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be buil...
ANNE SULLIVAN

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
ANNE BRONTë

I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in co...
ANNE BRONTë

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the ...
ANNE LAMOTT

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist u...
ANNE LAMOTT

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person'...
ANNE FRANK

I like you; your eyes are full of language."

[Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964.]
ANNE SEXTON

Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There w...
ANNE LAMOTT

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people w...
ANNE LAMOTT

Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between rea...
ANNE CARSON

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
ANNE FRANK

But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.
ANNE BRONTë

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
ANNE FRANK

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
ANNE FRANK

A quiet conscience makes one strong!
ANNE FRANK

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith in...
ANNE LAMOTT

As it has been said:
Love and a cough
cannot be concealed.
Even a small cough.
E...
ANNE SEXTON

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossibl...
ANNE FRANK

I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.
ANNE BISHOP

A large American automobile came crawling close to us, and we could hear from behind its thick windo...
ANNE RICE

Quite collected at cocktail parties,
meanwhile in my head
I'm undergoing open-heart surger...
ANNE SEXTON

It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot o...
ANNE LAMOTT

Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon
ANNE BISHOP

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windsw...
ANNE RICE

When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion. It glides over you without...
ANNE SPOLLEN

Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings:...
ANNE BRONTë

Children need guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
ANNE SULLIVAN

... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit ra...
ANNE PERRY

The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
ANNE SEXTON

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is ...
ANNE SULLIVAN

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you ...
ANNE FRANK

I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is ...
ANNE FRANK

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of ...
ANNE RICE

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and...
ANNE RICE

I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, roma...
ANNE FRANK

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what...
ANNE BYRHHE

In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art - the dizzying perfection...
ANNE RICE

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other peo...
ANNE FRANK

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
ANNE RIDLER

Merciful death! How you love your precious guilt.
ANNE RICE

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
ANNE RICE

What I don't understand about you is this, she said. You hold to your old belief in goodness with a ...
ANNE RICE

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the i...
ANNE FRANK

You can plant a dream.
ANNE CAMPBELL

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
ANNE SEXTON

The joy that isn't shared dies young.
ANNE SEXTON

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
ANNE MCCAFFREY

O yellow eye,
let me be sick with your heat,
let me be feverish and frowning.
ANNE SEXTON

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c...
ANNE FRANK

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all thing...
ANNE SMEDLEY

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and impossible...
ANNE FRANK

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at hear...
ANNE FRANK

I see the eight of us with our 'Secret Annexe' as if we were a little piece of blue heaven, surround...
ANNE FRANK

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for...
ANNE BAXTER

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
ANNE BAXTER

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
ANNE BAXTER

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from...
ANNE BAXTER

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in the...
ANNE RICE

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.
ANNE AUSTIN

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.
ANNE MCCAFFREY

Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they ...
ANNE RAVER

Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than a...
ANNE FRANK

Society's double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent t...
ANNE TUCKER

Vibrators. I think they are great. They keep you out of stupid sex. I'd pitch them to anybody.
ANNE HECHE

Sex is a short cut to everything.
ANNE CUMMING

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
ANNE FRANK

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and o...
ANNE LAMOTT

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.

Anne Wojcicki

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