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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.

I came up with this technique with eyebrows - where they should start and where they should end - which I patented.

Quotes by Anastasia Soare

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Quotes by Anastasia Soare

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.

Quotes by Anatole Broyard

We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement.

Quotes by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.

Quotes by Ana Ivanovic

Charter schools were supposed to compete with public schools, and in turn, that competition was meant to improve education. But that wasn't the end result.

Quotes by Ana Kasparian

At the end of the day nepotism has been there it's always going to be there don't expect it to change.

Quotes by Amyra Dastur

When you are a pan-Indian actress, you are doing films in different languages and invariably, you end up not signing films in one language or the other for a brief period.

Quotes by Amyra Dastur

I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.

Quotes by Amy Hempel

I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote. I don't know how it's going to get there, but I seem to need the...

Quotes by Amy Hempel

As our products have improved, and you add value at the high end, customers move to the high end.

Quotes by Amy Hood

I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.

Quotes by Amy Irving

Especially when you talk about the power of documentary filmmaking, you can't really have a slant; financially, you can't have a slant on the end goals.

Quotes by Amy J. Berg

I had to pinch myself. I got the call and didn't expect it. And right up 'til nearly the end of filming, I was thinking, 'Am I actually doing a film with Akshay Kumar?' because I was a massive Akshay...

Quotes by Amy Jackson

If I've done a gig and at the end there are people waiting for autographs, they always seem nervous, but they probably don't realise that I'm more nervous than them. I get very embarrassed.

Quotes by Amy Macdonald

I like the idea of shows where I don't know where I'll be at the end of the season.

Quotes by Amy Acker

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

Quotes by Amy Chua

Your legal career is but a means to an end, and... that end is building the kingdom of God.

Quotes by Amy Coney Barrett

I totally reject and have rejected throughout my entire career the proposition that the end justifies the means or that a judge should decide cases based on a desire to reach a certain outcome.

Quotes by Amy Coney Barrett

Were I confirmed as a judge, I would decide cases according to the rule of law beginning to end.

Quotes by Amy Coney Barrett

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.