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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'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in the basket.

Quotes by Dwyane Wade

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.

Quotes by Duffy Daugherty

When I was at N.Y.U., I studied abroad in Prague, and I learned about some of the European animators, like Jan Svankmajer and Jiri Barta. I didn't think at the time that I would end up doing anything like that,...

Quotes by Duke Johnson

I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do.

Quotes by Duncan Sheik

I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I...

Quotes by Dries van Noten

When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the...

Quotes by Dree Hemingway

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

Quotes by Drew Barrymore

If you worry too much about anything, you end up making bad movies.

Quotes by Drew Goddard

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

Quotes by Dr. Seuss

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

Quotes by Drake

There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open...

Quotes by Draymond Green

At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man.

Quotes by Draymond Green

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early....

Quotes by Draymond Green

Whenever these shows end, it's tough. Everybody's gonna feel it.

Quotes by Drea De Matteo

I'm proud to join Cruelty Free International in calling on the United States to end cosmetics testing on animals.

Quotes by Drea De Matteo

The true end users of Facebook are the marketers who want to reach and influence us. They are Facebook's paying customers; we are the product. And we are its workers. The countless hours that we - and the young, particularly...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy.

Quotes by Douglas Sirk

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.