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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 don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

There are enough roles for everyone, and I truly believe that the roles that we end up doing are the exact ones that are right for us at that time as people and as actors.

Quotes by Diana Silvers

At the end of the day, I write characters that I want to play, because I just think, 'Hey, maybe one day it'll get made.'

Quotes by Diana Silvers

I work for Governor Pataki. Period. End of story. I am very loyal to him.

Quotes by Diana Taylor

The American surge of combat forces into Baghdad that was ordered by President Bush worked. And there was a calm, a relative calm that descended on the country kind of late 2008. That pretty much held until the last American...

Quotes by Dexter Filkins

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end...

Quotes by Dexter Fletcher

You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do - no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the...

Quotes by Devin Druid

It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

Quotes by Devin Nunes

I try to prove that I can be either a wide receiver or a flex tight end. Put me in the slot, put me out wide, put me wherever you want, but I can play both.

Quotes by Devon Cajuste

The glory of the big catch is applied more at wide receiver, and tight end would be an even match at my size. It's such a huge advantage being on the outside.

Quotes by Devon Cajuste

I'm going to give all my will and all my guts to try to get the ball in the end zone.

Quotes by Deshaun Watson

The Heisman - it would be a privilege and an honor to receive that award, but at the end of the day, I want to be the best I can be at my position and for my team.

Quotes by Deshaun Watson

In the past, I had this open-door policy where everyone was invited. And that was awesome, but you end up releasing songs that you don't really like and justifying it in your head.

Quotes by Devendra Banhart

I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.

Quotes by DeRay Mckesson

What college is all about is some kind of 4-year game about who is going to end up with the highest grades. And I don't mean to say that academic achievement isn't important. But it is, after all, a means...

Quotes by Derek Bok

There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.

Quotes by Dennis Potter

I was ill in '98. By the end of '99 I was recording and recovering.

Quotes by Dennis DeYoung

Warner Bros. got into television very early, so I did a lot of television there. In the beginning, it was sort of okay to do television. But then it became this thing where movie actors didn't do television - they...

Quotes by Dennis Hopper

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.

Quotes by Dennis Kucinich

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.