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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.

'99.9%' is the end product of years and years of me going through multiple styles and interests.

Quotes by Kaytranada

I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves...

Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

By the end of the winter, I'm always battling too-tight pants. My solution: Eat lean protein, good grains, and veggies.

Quotes by Katie Lee

But the truth is that throughout human history slavery has existed. And America came along as the first country to end it within 150 years. And we get no credit for that.

Quotes by Katie Pavlich

I've had such an incredible arc, so it made sense to me, creatively, that we've told Laurel's story. It has come to an end in the 'Arrow'-verse.

Quotes by Katie Cassidy

I think I'm going to end up as one terrific old lady!

Quotes by Kathryn Harrold

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

Quotes by Kathleen Blanco

Every president, as he nears the end of his final term in office, thinks about his place in history.

Quotes by Kathleen Troia McFarland

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Quotes by Katherine Anne Porter

The global movement of displaced people, many of whom end up in detention without hope, is one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Quotes by Katharine Viner

In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to...

Quotes by Katha Pollitt

Near the end of high school, I was always super shy, backward.

Quotes by Kate Micucci

Sometimes, violent details have been eliminated from fairy tales simply because they were deemed too graphic. So one does not, at the end of Disney's version of 'Cinderella,' see the stepsisters' eyes get pecked and pecked by doves, because Disney...

Quotes by Kate Bernheimer

I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms...

Quotes by Karl Urban

As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.

Quotes by Karine Vanasse

When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.

Quotes by Karine Vanasse

I usually have a general idea of where the story is going, but I try to avoid planning in too much detail. The best endings are those that emerge only after I've thought long and hard about the various ways...

Quotes by Karl Iagnemma

Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and I felt left behind. It took a bit of soul searching, but in the end, I finally had...

Quotes by Karen Fukuhara

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

Quotes by Karel Capek

A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.

Quotes by Karen Armstrong

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.