I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

I need to solve the problem. It's no different from how am I going to get my son out the door when he needs to go to school. It's a bigger version of that same type of problem.

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

If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.

There should be choice in healthcare.

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

It's just the reality. Everyone's going to die and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

Some genetic variants can be informative about ones risk for Parkinsons disease and Alzheimers disease.

I still have people from my past who treat me wrong, i thank them for making me strong.

It is poetic and lyrical

I raised four kids in six years.

I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly.

You don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings... serendipitously.

The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Stay in the game until the end of time.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.