“I was pre-med for a semester, and then I got a C- in organic chemistry...” — Jay Chandrasekhar Quote

“I was pre-med for a semester, and then I got a C- in organic chemistry and was washed out of that program. Then I imagined I'd be a lawyer. I was gonna go to law school.”

“I've never thrown a javelin. What kind of sport is that? It's hilarious.”

“I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run of it in this job. So, I went downtown in Chicago, and I went up on a stand-up stage and did an open mic. It went well, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'll give it another try.'”

“When I was 14 my mum told my chemistry teacher she thought it was a waste of time girls going to university because they'd only just get married. I remember being so angry with her.”

“There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.”

“The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce.”