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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.

In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way.

Quotes by Mitch Glazer

The accomplishment of open source is that it is the back end of the web, the invisible part, the part that you don't see as a user.

Quotes by Mitch Kapor

I have a very hard time with confrontation in my own life, and I end up being way too nice.

Quotes by Missi Pyle

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.

Quotes by Mitch Albom

A World Cup is always something special and simply indescribable - and being able to hold something in your hands at the end of it all is just incredible.

Quotes by Miroslav Klose

Indeed, it is a common goal to create a stronger United Nations able to meet the multitude of expectations placed upon it. To that end, I will facilitate a constructive, informed, and open interaction among Member States and with the...

Quotes by Miroslav Lajcak

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I do end up reading lots of shorter things.

Quotes by Miranda July

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.'

Quotes by Miranda Leek

But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street.

Quotes by Mink Stole

Media cycles end, but the Internet never forgets. This is a valuable lesson, especially for college students.

Quotes by Milo Yiannopoulos

I delight in offending people. I think the grievance brigade, victimhood, the idea that hurt feelings are some kind of special currency - I think that needs to come to an end.

Quotes by Milo Yiannopoulos

At the end of the day, it's not really about the aces, it's about getting the job done.

Quotes by Milos Raonic

I would love to win a slam by the end of my career, and I would love to achieve other things. It's just that I am not a patient guy. When I want something, I try to get it as...

Quotes by Milos Raonic

At the end of the day, that physician needs to be in the mix telling patients what their habits ought to be and whether or not they should rely on a medicine.

Quotes by Miles D. White

Craig T. Nelson, who played my grandfather on 'Parenthood,' gave me a lot of advice at the end of the show. I'm really insecure, and I get uncomfortable with things, and he gave me a lot of advice about that.

Quotes by Miles Heizer

Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.

Quotes by Milan Kundera

I know that at the end of my career I'll get the credit I deserve.

Quotes by Mikey Garcia

We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid...

Quotes by Mikhail Gorbachev

One of the reasons I needed to leave Dream Theater was because I didn't want to end my career as just the drummer in one band.

Quotes by Mike Portnoy

There is only one act of violence in 'The Strangers' and it comes at the very, very end... the movie could have worked just as well if we didn't see it, in my opinion.

Quotes by Mike Flanagan

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.