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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 enjoyed 12-plus years in TNA, but in the end, I didn't like being there doing what I was doing. That was my issue. I needed to get away.

Quotes by Bobby Roode

We must see our present fight right through to the very end.

Quotes by Bobby Sands

I am dying not just to attempt to end the barbarity of H-blocks or to gain the rightful recognition of political prisoners, but primarily because what is lost here is lost for the Republic.

Quotes by Bobby Sands

Fathers always give tips. My dad also gives me, but at the end, he says the decision has to be mine.

Quotes by Bobby Deol

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.

Quotes by Bob Woodward

Of course we had our arguments; we had everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother, my confidante - my everything.

Quotes by Bobbi Kristina Brown

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

Quotes by Bob Newhart

Everyone wants you to define your life until the end of your life.

Quotes by Bob Stoops

In the end, everybody's life's different. Some things fit certain ways for people, and it's right, and maybe it isn't for others.

Quotes by Bob Stoops

You try things creatively all the time, and while you want every one of them to be great, and you set out to do that, that's not always going to end up being the case.

Quotes by Bob Iger

A one-hundred-thousand-word novel might take a year or several years, and then you just come to 'The End' one day. But it takes hundreds of days to get to 'The End.' As a writer, you have to put in those...

Quotes by Bob Mayer

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

Quotes by Bob Menendez

There's a difference between, as I always say, the destination, the end point, and the journey. The journey has a lot of twists and turns. It isn't always pretty.

Quotes by Bob Menendez

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.

Quotes by Bob Geldof

As a former presidential campaign manager, I remember the final week of the campaign as being the longest and most important week of the campaign. The week doesn't seem to end.

Quotes by Bob Beckel

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.

Quotes by Bob Black

You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.

Quotes by Bob Colacello

Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

Quotes by Blase J. Cupich

We're not a Church of preservation but rather a Church of proclamation. To achieve this end, we must be open to significant, if not revolutionary, changes in how the Archdiocese with its parishes and ministries is organized, how it's resourced,...

Quotes by Blase J. Cupich

I don't worship comedy; at the end of the day, I don't fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.

Quotes by Bo Burnham

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.