Craig Venter Quotes

• I don't know if the optimists
  or the pessimists are right.
  But, the optimists are going to get something done.

  Craig Venter

  Done, Pessimist, Optimist

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• I think from my experience in war and life and science, it all has made me believe that we have one life on this planet. We have one chance to live it and to contribute to the future of society and the future of life. The only "afterlife" is what other people remember of you.

  Craig Venter

  War, Believe, Thinking

  "J. Craig Venter sees change from genomics". Interview with Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. June 11, 2009.

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• You can't just live in a comfortable little suburban neighborhood and get your education from movies and television and have any perspective on life.

  Craig Venter

  Perspective, Television, Littles

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• We have learned nothing from the genome.

  Craig Venter

  Genome

  "'We Have Learned Nothing from the Genome'". Interview with Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle, www.spiegel.de. July 29, 2010.

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• Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.

  Craig Venter

  Motivation, Inspiration, Viruses

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• Moving forward in science is as much unwinding the distorted thinking of the past as it is putting a clearer idea on the table.

  Craig Venter

  Moving, Past, Thinking

  YouTube Channel "Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science"/"Craig Venter - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews - Richard Dawkins", www.youtube.com. June 30, 2009.

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• It is my belief that the basic knowledge that we're providing to the world will have a profound impact on the human condition and the treatments for disease and our view of our place on the biological continuum.

  Craig Venter

  Knowledge, Science, Impact

  "Genome announcement a milestone, but only a beginning". www.cnn.com. June 26, 2000.

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• Privacy with medical information is a fallacy. If everyone's information is out there, it's part of the collective.

  Craig Venter

  Information, Medical, Privacy

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• Most drugs work on only about a third of the population, they do no damage to another third, and the final third can have negative consequences.

  Craig Venter

  Pain, Drug, Negative

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• I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry.

  Craig Venter

  Goal, Modest, Industry

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• The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

  Craig Venter

  Environment, Fallen

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