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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.

Too often, borrowers who need quick cash end up trapped in loans they can't afford.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

Quotes by Richard Carlson

I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.

Quotes by Richard Branson

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

Quotes by Richard Bach

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

Quotes by Richard Armitage

I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

Quotes by Richard Armitage

I think that Vietnam, many of us who served in Vietnam thought that was very wasteful, and to what end? To what end? What were we really there for? What were we really fighting for?

Quotes by Richard Armitage

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

Quotes by Richard Attenborough

The Toothbrush mustache was first introduced in Germany by Americans, who turned up with it at the end of the 19th century the way Americans would turn up with ducktails in the 1950s. It was a bit of modern efficiency,...

Quotes by Rich Cohen

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like dressing up and playing around.

Quotes by Rhys Ifans

You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.

Quotes by Rian Johnson

I still rate the bit in the first 'Tomb Raider' where the T Rex comes round the end of the valley and roars as one of the most awesome gaming experiences, and I still adore 'Tomb Raider' for putting that...

Quotes by Rhianna Pratchett

Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.

Quotes by Retief Goosen

The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought to an end.

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel's participation,...

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

Conflicts, even just ones, which in the end can come at the expense of the State of Israel, are things that we must be very cautious about and hold back on personally.

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.

Quotes by Rene Auberjonois

In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one hundred sessions of elevated, often impassioned discussion, was adopted in the form of thirty articles on...

Quotes by Rene Cassin

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.