Anne Wojcicki Quotes

In politics you learn to always smile.

I don't like hypocrisy—even in international relations.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

Being slick is not the right answer.

I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.

The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer.

Sometimes with the Palins, it's exactly what it looks like.

You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

What is important is that you're honest with the American people.

If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it.

In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.

Today being President is really no different than running for President. It’s about approval ratings and photo ops and damage control and deniability.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

You don’t tell the truth just some of the time… The American people deserve the truth all of the time.

One of the advantages of no longer running for public office is that I don’t have to pretend to be nice to people I dislike.

Sometimes in politics “yes” means “maybe” and “no” means “if.”

I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill

I underestimated in this town, the degree to which politics trumps problem solving.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Ideology isn’t driving the dynamic in Washington, it’s the desire to stay in power.

The best theater is trying to tell the truth, and the best politics is trying to tell the truth.

There are little games that go on in politics.

I don't play politics.