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.
Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him...
My poems tend to have rhetorical structures; what I mean by that is they tend to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. There tends to be an opening, as if you were reading the opening chapter of a...
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When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.
We cannot let it be said of modern Australia that the colour of your skin determines whether or not you end up in jail.
Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.
I came of age at the end of the 1960s, just when video was also coming into the world. Companies such as Sony and Panasonic were starting to market it and we artists immediately knew how it could be used.
My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.
Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.
In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place.
At the end of the day, leaving WrestleMania, having my hand raised, beating Brock Lesnar... I'd say it was a pretty successful tenure.
At the end of the day, I'm greatly appreciative of all the fans that I was able to acquire over the years.
I think when Kevin Nash put himself on the booking committee and then gave me my first loss, that was beginning of the end.
I painted myself into a corner by writing a whole book on this one period. The summer of 1927 came to an end, but nothing else did - all of these peoples' lives went on.
I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.
Comedy can be quite all consuming at times, and if you're not careful you end up doing a tour, then a DVD, then another tour then a DVD. Suddenly the years have just flown by.
Most humor comes from truth. In the end, if I can laugh about it, who cares?
I've had some great gigs and had horrible ones. I always look at the horrible ones, and think there's got to be something in this that I can use later in my show. It all pays off in the end.
At the end of the day, l just want to be myself. I don't set out to be like anyone else.
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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.
