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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.

I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice because I get offered villainous roles a lot, because of the way I look and whatever. And I tend to avoid them because I think you can end...

Quotes by Kevin McKidd

What do you call that when you add '-ism' on the end of a word? What is that process? 'Wordism'? Something like that, yeah.

Quotes by Kevin Parker

In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.

Quotes by Kevin Parker

The tradition has always been that in Roman films, the Romans are always British, and it's usually posh British: Laurence Olivier and his ilk. My take on all this was that it's a metaphor for empire and the end of...

Quotes by Kevin Macdonald

I love to watch 'Hoarders.' My grandmother was a hoarder. My mother's on her way. I'm an electronics hoarder - I won't throw any out. I still have my first T-Mobile Sidekick... old VCRs in my garage. It scares me...

Quotes by Kevin Frazier

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.

Quotes by Kevin Hart

I usually know where I want to end up when I begin, but I have no idea how I'm going to get there... I don't write with an outline, and surprises happen on the way, and sometimes it changes.

Quotes by Kevin Henkes

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

Quotes by Kevin Johnson

Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.

Quotes by Kevin de Leon

I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike.

Quotes by Kevin de Leon

I'm not sure that 'Iron Man' is a superhero movie. I think towards the end of the movie, Iron Man pretends to be a superhero - he's entertained by that notion. I think 'X-Men' is a sci-fi movie.

Quotes by Kevin Feige

That's the thing - I've never really been single. I always end up in a relationship immediately.

Quotes by Kevin Connolly

I'm a beginning, not an end.

Quotes by Kerry Stokes

Acting, for me, is not an end in itself. It's more a means to asking the questions I'm obsessed with about life.

Quotes by Kerry Bishe

For many Mexican human rights defenders, confronting the military does not end so well.

Quotes by Kerry Kennedy

When we play 'Angel of Death', it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end.

Quotes by Kerry King

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.

Quotes by Kenzaburo Oe

A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene.

Quotes by Kenny Hickey

John Cena is one of the great WWE talents that I respect most. If I were to end up there, working with someone of his caliber would certainly be a goal and jive with my mission of changing wrestling.

Quotes by Kenny Omega

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.