183 Quotes by Craig Venter

Life is a DNA software system.

I think I've achieved some good things; doing the first genome in history - my team on that was phenomenal and all the things they pulled together; writing the first genome with a synthetic cell; my teams at the Venter Institute, Human Longevity, and before that Celera.

We can create new food substances.

Genomics are about individuals. It's about what's specific to you, not your siblings, not your parents - each of us is totally unique. We will only see that uniqueness by drilling down to the genetic code.

I'm hoping that these next 20 years will show what we did 20 years ago in sequencing the first human genome, was the beginning of the health revolution that will have more positive impact in people's lives than any other health event in history.

The interpretation of medicine today is 'do your clinical values fall within a normal range?' Everything in the globe right now is in the law of averages, which mean absolutely nothing to individuals.

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.

Perfect pitch is genetic. It's 100% genetic.

If I had a weak ego, and doubts about this, the first genome would not yet have been completed with US and UK government funding.