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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.

Moviemaking is a time machine: narrative spliced into fragments and reassembled into a constant present, the end of a story shot before the beginning, which is shot after the middle.

Quotes by Steve Erickson

I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.

Quotes by Steve Buscemi

There's a reason that male golfers don't compete against female golfers. They're in a league of their own, and it would end in tears. It's time to apply this logic to the online world.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

But we did the best we could and in the end some of us had to get day jobs and start fresh.

Quotes by Steve Brown

I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school.

Quotes by Stephen Sprouse

I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.

Quotes by Stephen McCauley

As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel.

Quotes by Stephen Lewis

It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.

Quotes by Stephen Hough

I had a taste of a championship in San Antonio, and that was big for me. I cried when we won, and I hadn't cried in 10 years before that. It felt good, everything I'd been through, to say I...

Quotes by Stephen Jackson

I think that I'm going to write a bigger thing, and then I end up writing about people, and the bigger thing recedes into the background, and hope that it's still there.

Quotes by Stephen Karam

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.

Quotes by Stephen Harper

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia.

Quotes by Stephen Cohen

I was fooled a bit during 'Laguna Beach.' I was 17, 18 years old, and I thought they just wanted to shoot a documentary, and that it probably wouldn't end up anywhere, anyway. Little did we know about the power...

Quotes by Stephen Colletti

I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Quotes by Stephen Costello

Begin with the end in mind.

Quotes by Stephen Covey

Washington, D.C., puts enormous burdens on people who, at the end of the day, are just humans.

Quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman

The smartest and most successful people I know are the people who are constantly evolving, always learning. It does not end with school.

Quotes by Stephanie Ruhle

That's the best way to work on a project: talk to the director. In the end, it's the director's idea of how they perceive the movie and how they perceive the characters.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

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.