Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.

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.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.

Respect means: even in your absence people speak good of your person

Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.

To reach any significant goal, you must leave your comfort zone.

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.

Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined

Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.