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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.

You never want to be on the receiving end of Donald Trump being disappointed in you.

Quotes by Omarosa Manigault Newman

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

Quotes by Olusegun Obasanjo

For a while, I have had this theory that we, as a society, are coming to the end of the mass production, industrial phase of the human race.

Quotes by Om Malik

On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors.

Quotes by Om Malik

Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one.

Quotes by Olivia Munn

Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe - something that we don't see at the end on the catwalk, I think the way it was, the...

Quotes by Olivier Theyskens

It's quite an easy way to write a concept album about love. Everything boils down to love in the end.

Quotes by Oliver Sykes

We have got to move away from the concept of race and color because that is what apartheid is. We cannot end apartheid if we retain these concepts.

Quotes by Oliver Tambo

Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.

Quotes by Oliver Tambo

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

By 1951, television had already made such inroads on the income garnered by motion picture companies that the Golden Era which had prevailed until then was beginning to disintegrate. And by 1953, it had come to an end. Hollywood was...

Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle.

Quotes by Oliver Platt

I was living with my dad, and I loved it. But I could totally imagine that if I didn't move out quickly, I would end up staying there well into my 30s.

Quotes by Oliver Sim

I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.

Quotes by Olga Kurylenko

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.

Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

Quotes by Ogden Nash

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.