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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 always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.

Quotes by Gemma Arterton

As a means to an end, modelling was good, but I had to distance myself from it when I started working as an actress, because even though I wasn't high-profile, I found in my first write-ups that I'd be referred...

Quotes by Gemma Chan

I don't colour my hair, and I look like the back end of a bus, so I get asked to play old people.

Quotes by Gemma Jones

To be honest, I rewrote 'Wicked Nights' a number of times. I just wasn't happy with the end result.

Quotes by Gena Showalter

In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.

Quotes by Gayle Gardner

You don't have to resolve every problem of the book at the end, but you do have to resolve some.

Quotes by Gayle Lynds

The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus among sides otherwise divided on the question of how and when America's longest-ever war should wind down.

Quotes by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.

Quotes by Gautam Adani

But the character was so successful, that first one, that they wrote him again and he came in right at the end of the first year in a show called THE BOX. I was up for the Emmy for that...

Quotes by Gavin MacLeod

Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.

Quotes by Gavin Newsom

The Republican Party - that was the end of the Republican Party. What Pete Wilson did with the xenophobia and the negative attitude, all this sort of anti-crime backlash.

Quotes by Gavin Newsom

Even if Donald Trump's successful, it's the beginning of the end if this rhetoric persists in the Republican Party.

Quotes by Gavin Newsom

At the end of the day, there's not a day that goes by without a mass shooting.

Quotes by Gavin Newsom

I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible.

Quotes by Gary Numan

I had what AA calls 'a convincer' - which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.

Quotes by Gary Oldman

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

Quotes by Gary Ross

That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.

Quotes by Gary Shteyngart

I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.

Quotes by Gary Johnson

You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have investors to satisfy. Investors who want - who demand - a return.

Quotes by Gary Kovacs

Let's start at the very end: The postscript of Stephen King's 'On Writing' contains some of the most harrowing pages he has ever written. It's here that King describes the traffic accident that nearly killed him in June 1999.

Quotes by Gary Krist

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.