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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.

If you told teenage me that I would end up supporting Tegan and Sara for a month in North America, my head would have probably exploded.

Quotes by Shura

Where are the people who don't have goals headed? Those 97 per cent end up working for the three percent.

Quotes by Shiv Khera

My hope is that the 21st century will be the first century where there will be no violation of human rights, and to that end, Japan would like to do our outmost.

Quotes by Shinzo Abe

Japan has consistently remained a friend of Indonesia since the end of World War II and has regarded cooperation with Indonesia as a top priority.

Quotes by Shinzo Abe

Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources...

Quotes by Shimon Peres

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

Quotes by Sheryl Crow

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times the protagonists suffered terribly and then died at the end.

Quotes by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The people that we sometimes start our journeys with are not the people we end the journeys with.

Quotes by Shervin Pishevar

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage.

Quotes by Sherwood Boehlert

I'm not going to be intimidated by people or identity politics. I think that's a dead end.

Quotes by Shepard Fairey

Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.

Quotes by Shelley Berkley

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

Quotes by Shelley Duvall

It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.

Quotes by Shekhar Kapur

If we ask for more and more material for the construction, i.e. more and more choice, we're likely to end up with a lot of combinations that don't do much for us or are far more complex than they need...

Quotes by Sheena Iyengar

I always overwrite - really awful, long bits of script - and then I trim it down to the bare bones and then add a little bit to colour it in. At the end of all of my stories, I...

Quotes by Shaun Tan

I just got Kill Bill: Vol. 2. I've watched it like eight times in the past two months. I just love the scene at the end between David Carradine and Uma Thurman.

Quotes by Shawn Ashmore

We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know exactly how it is going to come to fruition. It's hard for us to realize that what we...

Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

I don't think I really do go shopping. Somehow clothes just kind of end up in my closet. I do not like shopping; I'm not into it.

Quotes by Shannon Elizabeth

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.