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 i…

- Craig Venter

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

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

- Craig Venter

The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

- Craig Venter

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 …

- Craig Venter

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

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

- Craig Venter

We have learned nothing from the genome.

- Craig Venter

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

- Craig Venter