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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 tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!

Quotes by Octavia Spencer

We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and...

Quotes by Octavio Paz

Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?

Quotes by Octavio Paz

I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever.

Quotes by Odette Annable

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a...

Quotes by Og Mandino

At the end of the day, I have a son.

Quotes by O. T. Genasis

I have not only played light-hearted roles, but many times, I end up playing this annoying girl in films.

Quotes by Nushrat Bharucha

And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of...

Quotes by Norton Juster

In England, one without a trace of Royalty will master. Twenty months he will rule; twenty months he will bleed the lands, then his end comes quickly.

Quotes by Nostradamus

I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times.

Quotes by Norman Lear

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

Quotes by Norman Lear

That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.

Quotes by Nomar Garciaparra

For all of my class projects, I somehow turned it into a commercial parody or put on plays. My whole thing was seeing things from a big picture, from beginning to middle to end: making a costume, doing voices, writing...

Quotes by Noel Wells

I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven...

Quotes by Nolan Bushnell

If people can see you in a film and not realize it's you until the very end, that's exciting to me.

Quotes by Nolan Gerard Funk

In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate.

Quotes by Noah Feldman

I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the movie 'Lies & Alibis' with Steve Coogan.

Quotes by Noah Hawley

With any project, but especially in television, I always try to look at where the character is starting from and where he's going to end up, and try to find the biggest arc that makes it the most exciting to...

Quotes by Noah Wyle

I've got a philosophy I call 'no dancing in the end zone.' You score, get back, and run another play.

Quotes by No I.D.

As long as we're monetizing our content... we still win at the end.

Quotes by Nina Tassler

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.