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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.

We've been involved in a lot of albums that were really rushed at the end.

Quotes by Angus Young

There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.

Quotes by Angus Young

I, in the end, make art for myself.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

The reason I wanted to do 'Strictly' in the end is that you come out of it having learned something.

Quotes by Anita Dobson

I was brought up in the East End, and if a man was inappropriate in a bar, you'd throw your drink over him.

Quotes by Anita Dobson

I get by mostly on speaking engagements, but as soon as I try to pay myself, I end up having to give it back to the business to cover operating expenses or other unplanned costs.

Quotes by Angelica Ross

At the end, I have to take the court I get scheduled on.

Quotes by Angelique Kerber

I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.

Quotes by Angelique Kerber

I was really close to joining Barcelona, but in the end, it wasn't to be.

Quotes by Angel Di Maria

It happened to me many times: I had some ugly moments at Madrid, but it all changed, and when I left Madrid, in the end I was much loved.

Quotes by Angel Di Maria

In the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats built their campaign around a pledge to abolish tuition fees. By the end of that year, however, they had tripled them instead. The Liberal Democrats had made young people feel as if...

Quotes by Angela Rayner

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

Quotes by Andy Roddick

Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end...

Quotes by Andy Roddick

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind.

Quotes by Andy Roddick

With Freebass, there were no rules, really. It was all rather chaotic. Obviously, Hooky was playing the high end stuff, which he always does; Mani was doing the bottom end, and I thought I'd go midway and meet everyone in...

Quotes by Andy Rourke

A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.

Quotes by Andy Ruiz Jr.

Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.

Quotes by Andy Samberg

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

Quotes by Andy Stanley

Hopefully, at the end of all this, my music is going to be used as a tool to help people have meaningful conversations and meaningful relationships with themselves and with other people and with God.

Quotes by Andy Mineo

Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.

Quotes by Andy Mineo

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.