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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.

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.

Quotes by Robert Doisneau

If the world's gonna end, Trump's gonna have something to do with it.

Quotes by Robert Downey Sr.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

Quotes by Robert Duvall

Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go anywhere, you don't have to go for the result.

Quotes by Robert Duvall

The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it.

Quotes by Robert Creeley

The pattern of the narrative never of necessity wants to end, it never has to.

Quotes by Robert Creeley

At the end of their first years, there are few people who would have predicted that Truman would be elected in 1948 or that Reagan would get a second term. It's always premature to make some kind of categorical judgment...

Quotes by Robert Dallek

If it's coming near the end of a chapter and I'm really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I'm excited to get to work.

Quotes by Robert Caro

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.

Quotes by Robert Browning

Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.

Quotes by Robert Benchley

We must end illegal immigration, period.

Quotes by Robert Blaha

Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.

Quotes by Robert Blair

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.

Quotes by Rob Zombie

'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization could have invented it. The French took a stab with Sartre's 'No Exit,' but then they had to...

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end.

Quotes by Rob Simmons

For me, the fans missing me and wanting to see me on TV is very important, but the business end of it also has to be right.

Quotes by Rob Van Dam

If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.

Quotes by Rob Walton

At the end of a song, someone's always different than they are at the beginning.

Quotes by Rob Marshall

Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.

Quotes by Rob Dyrdek

Sometimes I'll be somewhere, and the cops will show up to kick me out and end up just asking for a photo.

Quotes by Rob Dyrdek

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.