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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.

Seeing that 'Project Runway' sign at the end of the runway just made me, like, realize, like, 'Wow, I'm on this show. I'm living every designer's dream right now.'

Quotes by Ashley Nell Tipton

I know roughly when I skate a good program where the score should end up.

Quotes by Ashley Wagner

At the end of any peace deal, the decision-maker will be the government of Afghanistan.

Quotes by Ashraf Ghani

I always say horror films are great date movies. In the first twenty minutes, you're going to end up in each other's arms.

Quotes by Ashley Bell

When I hear the bagpipes, it makes the hairs on my neck stand on end. It always makes me weep.

Quotes by Ashley Jensen

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

Quotes by Asa Hutchinson

Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what I do, is that emotional intensity that has developed throughout the film, I allow it to...

Quotes by Asghar Farhadi

The process of writing is like creating a game of dominoes: The first domino creates the second incident, and so forth until the end.

Quotes by Asghar Farhadi

I met my share of boys but the end result was always the same - they weren't the right kind of men for me.

Quotes by Asha Parekh

Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

Quotes by Artie Shaw

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Arthur Miller

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.

Arthur Miller

Write. Enjoy writing. Then, and only then, worry about the business end of it. Start loving your hobby, and then you can't go too wrong.

Quotes by Arthur Phillips

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

Quotes by Arthur Henderson

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

Quotes by Arthur Koestler

If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

Quotes by Arthur Baer

There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists and dealers. When that stops happening, it's the end.

Quotes by Arne Glimcher

As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India,...

Quotes by Arjun Rampal

Many of the young aspire to happy marriages and dot-com fortunes but end up in guarded love and okay-for-now jobs.

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

I declare an end to my day by removing my phone from my bedroom and putting it in a phone charging bed.

Quotes by Arianna Huffington

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.