A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.

Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee

Insurance is important for protecting the health of people and Ujjwala is quite useful to low-income women.

Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath

I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.

Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

Adam D'Angelo
Adam D'Angelo

The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy.

Adam D'Angelo
Adam D'Angelo

The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.

Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik

I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.

Adam Grant
Adam Grant

Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.

Adam Grant
Adam Grant

Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.

Adam Grant
Adam Grant

If you want to find out if someone's a taker, it's not actually that useful to know what they've accomplished. What you want to want to know is how they explain them.