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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.

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Quotes by Michael Landon

In the end, we all want to win, and you have to use all the resources at your disposal.

Quotes by Michael Laudrup

I don't want to be someone sitting in my rocking chair at the end saying, 'Well, I passed.' My mum used to say life isn't for sissies.

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

'Lost' is such a thematic show that I'm always afraid that if I know something's going to happen at the end, I'll subconsciously write something in where someone who's astute will go, 'Oh, he used so-and-so's theme: that must mean...

Quotes by Michael Giacchino

I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey.

Quotes by Michael Gough

I'd be very surprised if 'The Greatest Showman' didn't end up on Broadway at some point.

Quotes by Michael Gracey

Actors sure have stories. We always have stories. At the end of our careers, all we have to take with us is our stories, and we have many of them.

Quotes by Michael Eklund

The lifespan of any show is to end in cancellation.

Quotes by Michael Cudlitz

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

Quotes by Michael Caine

I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West...

Quotes by Michael Carrick

So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who...

Quotes by Michael Beschloss

The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians, but the citizens end up paying the price.

Quotes by Michael Burry

My goal is to elevate the whole casual end of the guy's wardrobe.

Quotes by Michael Bastian

At the end of the day, everything I've been through on and off the court, I'm the only common denominator.

Quotes by Michael Beasley

Electoral victory is not an end in itself. It is intended to set in motion a pluralist process to resolve our disputes and move the country forward.

Quotes by Michael Bennet

We have to end political gerrymandering in this country. We have to end it.

Quotes by Michael Bennet

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.

Quotes by Michael Arndt

It's very limiting to us as a species, the concept of better-than/less-than. It just seems to be at its end. I'm like, this all fades to black, and it's gone. It's dust. Choose carefully what you obsess about.

Quotes by Meshell Ndegeocello

In the end, the responsibility of government abuse lies with the president.

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.

Quotes by Melissa McCarthy

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.