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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.

Reading is essential to human life. When the last reader dies, humanity will be at an end.

Quotes by Anthony McCarten

I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.

Quotes by Anthony Ray Hinton

I think, ultimately, the post-Reagan era will end with Scott Walker being elected the 45th President of the United States.

Quotes by Anthony Scaramucci

Engel & Volkers is international, high end and associated with the very best in real estate which is well represented by our new Park Avenue address.

Quotes by Anthony Hitt

A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns...

Quotes by Anthony Holden

That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly libelous - I write biographies for a living as well as being a journalist - for a non...

Quotes by Anthony Holden

Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end.

Quotes by Anthony Holden

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

Quotes by Anthony Horowitz

People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail - that's no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.

Quotes by Anthony Joshua

Just set yourself a goal and try and stick to it. Because you'll always end up better than where you started.

Quotes by Anthony Joshua

I see Grand Challenge not as the end of the robotics adventure we're on: it's almost like the beginning.

Quotes by Anthony Levandowski

Geniuses sometimes end up very unhappy, without a penny.

Quotes by Anthony Mann

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends.

Quotes by Anthony Doerr

If Hillary's the first woman president, well, in England we already know what a Margaret Thatcher is. It's not an end unto itself to be the first woman president.

Quotes by Anohni

At the end of the day, the sovereignty of maleness is an illusion. In essence and in origin, we are all entirely female.

Quotes by Anohni

When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else.

Quotes by Anselm Kiefer

I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

Quotes by Anselm Kiefer

When I was younger, if I got into arguments, I'd become aggressive and violent, but I learnt the hard way that was only going to end negatively.

Quotes by Ant Middleton

For the first part of my career, I did what I was told, and I wasn't getting anywhere. I'd get in such a state when I was asked to do something, and it didn't feel right, and I'd end up...

Quotes by Anne Reid

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught.

Quotes by Anne Rice

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.