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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.

You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands of pages of why you're so content.

Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

The end crowneth the work.

Quotes by Elizabeth I

I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

Quotes by Elizabeth Dole

There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling.

Quotes by Elizabeth Dole

It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

Can one end anything? A chapter, a paragraph, a sentence even? Doesn't everything one has ever done go on living in spite of subsequent events?

Quotes by Elizabeth Bibesco

If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.

Quotes by Elizabeth Blackburn

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.

Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

It is inconceivable for our unconscious to imagine an actual ending of our own life here on Earth, and if this life of ours has to end, the ending is always attributed to a malicious intervention from the outside by...

Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy.

Quotes by Eliot Engel

I had a Kindle for a brief while, but I dropped it in the ocean, and that was the end of electronic reading for me.

Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.

Quotes by Eli Wallach

I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.

Quotes by Eli Wallach

Put an end to talk on dividing Jerusalem. There can be no negotiations about Jerusalem.

Quotes by Eli Yishai

There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

Quotes by Elias Canetti

My doctoral work was completed by the end of 1950 and, at the age of twenty-two, I joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an instructor in chemistry under the distinguished chemists Roger Adams and Carl S. Marvel.

Quotes by Elias James Corey

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

Quotes by Elena Vesnina

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.

Quotes by Eli Broad

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.