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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.

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

Quotes by Avery Brundage

You really want to make sure that you have fun, at the end of the day. If it's not fun, what's the point.

Quotes by Ayelet Zurer

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

Quotes by Austin Seferian-Jenkins

Being able to play basketball at a high level, adjusting to the ball in the air, quick feet, quick hands and all that stuff definitely translates to playing tight end in the National Football League.

Quotes by Austin Seferian-Jenkins

I played basketball my whole life. It definitely helps. It translates to going up for rebounds and going up for balls in the end zone. Quick feet. It helps with getting in and out of your cuts. It definitely all...

Quotes by Austin Seferian-Jenkins

I have to hold up my end of the bargain and do what's expected of me.

Quotes by Austin Seferian-Jenkins

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it.

Quotes by Augusten Burroughs

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.

Quotes by August Strindberg

We've got rings, glasses, we wear things for armor, for protection from the elements, to signal our status to other people. And we're going to co-opt a lot of those things, where wearables are going to end up being the...

Quotes by Astro Teller

Failures are cheap if you do them first. Failures are expensive if you do them at the end.

Quotes by Astro Teller

We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

If you get too deep into the history, what often happens to a lot of us actors is that we become stilted. We forget that we're reading about something that happened a hundred years ago. If we don't put the...

Quotes by Ato Essandoh

With 'Gone Girl,' I sat down, and suddenly the end credits were rolling; you just become so engrossed in it.

Quotes by Atticus Ross

The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is passed in a decrepit or disabled state, while extending life as a whole.

Quotes by Aubrey de Grey

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

Quotes by Ashwin Sanghi

Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

Quotes by Ashwin Sanghi

Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There's the ancient connection right there.

Quotes by Ashwin Sanghi

I try not to take much time off for lunch, so I usually end up with a tossed salad from the local deli.

Quotes by Aslaug Magnusdottir

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.