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End Quotes

How things end - in war, in careers, in conscience.

This collection leans heavily historical, comparing a lost war to a chess endgame and recalling a family home destroyed during World War II. For quotes specifically about final outcomes and results, see End Result quotes.

I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.

Quotes by Grant Hill

Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.

Quotes by Gray Davis

There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for the worst, but we're hoping for the best. And I've told people the end...

Quotes by Gray Davis

These machines are going to reflect our species and our evolutionary process. Everything we are will end up in these artificially intelligent machines no matter what we do.

Quotes by Gray Scott

I go up to my office and sit down in front of my computer and turn on the internet and then I don't work - that's the end of work for the day.

Quotes by Graham Linehan

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

Quotes by Graham Nelson

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

Quotes by Graham Nelson

I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

Quotes by Graeme Base

Football is the most entertaining game in the world to watch because it's end to end with lots of things happening.

Quotes by Graeme Souness

It's hard not to chase the money. You sit at home when guys are out playing for a $6 million purse, and you know you're going to drop back on the money list, so you end up playing when you...

Quotes by Graham DeLaet

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years.

Quotes by Graham Greene

For a woman, forty is torture, the end.

Quotes by Grace Kelly

Set lists are like movies. They need a great beginning, a dynamic shift in the middle, and bang at the end.

Quotes by Grace Potter

Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short story.

Quotes by Grace Potter

I don't think the failure of one film means the end of your career.

Quotes by Govinda

I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you can twist it and turn it on its head or play...

Quotes by Gore Verbinski

The camera, I hate it. That's something I need to endure while working as an actor. In the end, because of fame, Gong Yoo exists. It's the driving force that keeps me going.

Quotes by Gong Yoo

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

I was part of the Australia team that lost the first Test at Edgbaston in 1997 and yet came back to win the series quite comfortably in the end.

Quotes by Glenn McGrath

The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have...

Quotes by Glenn McGrath

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection say about responsibility and consciousness?
One quote reflects on the duty felt by those "involved in the receiving end of the oppression," tying awareness to responsibility. For more thought-provoking lines, see our Ending collection.
Is there a quote comparing war to a game of chess?
Yes - one quote describes how, for Germany, "the war was like an end game in chess in which she possessed one castle less than her adversary." Browse more in our End Result section.
Does the collection include personal wartime memories?
One quote recalls losing a home in 1943 and moving to "a cottage I owned before the war in the Bavarian Alps," describing crowded conditions there by war's end.
Is there a lighter quote about being spared hardship?
Yes - one quote notes, somewhat wryly, "I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick." For more on outcomes and consequences, see our End Product page.
Are these quotes mostly about endings in a literal sense?
They use "end" in several ways - from the ending of a conflict to being on the receiving end of something difficult. Explore more in our End Of The World collection.

One entry shifts to social conscience, describing a felt duty toward those on whom oppression falls hardest. Readers interested in closure themes can also browse Ending quotes or End Of The World quotes for a more dramatic angle.