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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.

We thought our careers as cosmonauts - we were young then - would end with a flight to Mars. But, you see, life has made some course corrections.

Quotes by Gherman Titov

If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the...

Quotes by Gerry Adams

It's not a bad problem to have because a lot of classic acts are known for one or two songs and in their show they basically hold those songs off until the end and you sit through an hour or...

Quotes by Gerry Beckley

But every job I've had I just end up writing tunes and skiving - so everything has been leading up to it, but I've never had any ambition of getting big.

Quotes by Gerry Cinnamon

I've been getting a bit of writing done, a bit of recording done and I just want to get out as much new music as I can before I end up spontaneously combusting.

Quotes by Gerry Cinnamon

The one thing that makes writing a better pastime than reading is that you can make things turn out the way you want in the end!

Quotes by Geraldine McCaughrean

When you're eating salad and quinoa while training, all you want is a burger. In the cycling season, when I'm doing 30-odd hours of exercise a week, I'm dreaming of burgers and curries that I'll have at the end of...

Quotes by Geraint Thomas

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

Quotes by Georges Bernanos

My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and share experiences till the end of time.

Quotes by George Weinberg

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

Quotes by George W. Bush

In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.

Quotes by George Steinbrenner

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

Quotes by George Steiner

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

Quotes by George S. Patton

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

Quotes by George Sand

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

George Orwell

I had planned to accomplish something considerable, and this is the end.

Quotes by George Phillips Bond

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

Quotes by George Michael

My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi.

Quotes by George Michael

I'm a staunch believer that we are in an earth cycle. There's no question the planet is changing, and the fact that the Mayans had an end date and their history talks of change, I find that fascinating.

Quotes by George Noory

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.