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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 want to play until the end.

Quotes by Gabrielle Reece

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.

Quotes by Gaby Hoffmann

Every scene is on the table to collaborate on, to pick apart, to try a million different ways. Usually, what ends up occurring in the end is something that no single person knew would happen or had planned for.

Quotes by Gaby Hoffmann

I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.

Quotes by Gael Garcia Bernal

I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'

Quotes by Gael Garcia Bernal

I will end my career with Roma.

Quotes by Gabriel Batistuta

The greatest thing about golf, there's no end to it unless you're dead. You just go from here to the Senior Tour.

Quotes by Fuzzy Zoeller

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

Quotes by Gabe Kaplan

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.

Quotes by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.

Quotes by Fredrik Bajer

If you end up at a superior club, you will play with world-class players all over the pitch.

Quotes by Frenkie de Jong

Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.

Quotes by Frederick Scott Oliver

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers.

Quotes by Frederic Bastiat

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

Quotes by Frederic William Farrar

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Quotes by Frederick Douglass

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

Quotes by Fred Wilson

I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.

Quotes by Freddie Prinze

Visual effects have always been a part of this art form. And CG is simply a tool on the filmmaker's tool belt to tell a story, but when the end result is bad - maybe it's not the tool's fault.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

In my own life, as the nearer I get to the end of life on this earth, the simpler I want to become.

Quotes by Fred Rogers

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.