Unit Quotes

335 quotes by 309 authors

Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
Our sense of being a person can come from being drawn into a wide social unit; our sense of selfhood can arise through the little… — Erving Goffman
It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on… — Erich Hartmann
If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born… — Abdelaziz Bouteflika
I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked at them they would say, â€˜This is warâ€™-that the people who were in… — W. Eugene Smith
I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a… — Gunter Grass
A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries have… — Ivan Chtcheglov
I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed — Martin Fowler
Progress in manufacturing is measured by the production of high quality goods. The unit of progress for Lean Startups is validated learning-a rigorous method for… — Eric Ries
Learning is the essential unit of progress for startups. — Eric Ries
Man, is an indivisible entity, an integrated unit of mind and body. — Mike Mentzer
When I consider what people generally want in calculating, I found that it always is a number. I also observed that every number is composed… — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit. — Albert J. Nock
Even as the cell is the unit of the organic body, so the family is the unit of society. — Ruth Nanda Anshen
Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we've lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of… — Margaret Mead
I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was… — David R. Ellis
Their words of encouragement were just what I needed. I was doing a great job, and I appreciated their cheers. I felt a dormlike camaraderie… — Stephanie Nielson
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun… — Lee Kuan Yew
When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only… — Eberhard Weber
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective. — George Ayittey

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