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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.

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no...

Quotes by Douglas Coupland

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.

Quotes by Douglas Coupland

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Quotes by Douglas Coupland

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.

Quotes by Douglas Coupland

I've always written songs. I'd come home from school and play piano for hours on end, just banging around.

Quotes by Douglas Hodge

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

Quotes by Doug Larson

The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

Quotes by Doug Liman

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

Quotes by Doug Liman

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Quotes by Douglas Adams

I don't get up in the morning and think my mission is to end Britain. I do get up in the morning and think that my mission is to end poverty.

Quotes by Douglas Alexander

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.

Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers

The death of the forest is the end of our life.

Quotes by Dorothy Stang

To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.

Quotes by Dorothy Thompson

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out.

Quotes by Dot Jones

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.

Quotes by Doris Lessing

When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all...

Quotes by Doris Lessing

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It's not that you say, 'I want to write a science fiction book.' You start from the other end, and...

Quotes by Doris Lessing

There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.

Quotes by Donovan

If we emit massive quantities of untested chemicals into the environment, some of them are bound to end up in places that surprise us, doing things that endanger us.

Quotes by Donella Meadows

I was always in trouble for chatting. My school reports all used to say, 'Donna is a very bright girl, but she must stop talking in class.' In the end, I made a career out of it.

Quotes by Donna Air

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.