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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.

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

Quotes by Vera Wang

It is not possible to know how to behave in threatening situations before you even end up in such a situation.

Quotes by Varg Vikernes

Everything is always about people trying to make profit: Profits to this, profits to that, the more the merrier, and there's no end to it.

Quotes by Varg Vikernes

While love stories at the end of the day, honestly speaking, do not vary a lot in their plots, it is their treatment that separates one from the other.

Quotes by Varun Tej

It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed.

Quotes by Vanessa Kerry

Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.

Quotes by Vance Havner

Kidnapping causes a long-term rupture in the psyche of those kidnapped and of those who wait for their return. It doesn't end.

Quotes by Uzodinma Iweala

I don't want to end up being dependent on anyone.

Quotes by Vaani Kapoor

In every society, manufacturing builds the lower middle class. If you give up manufacturing, you end up with haves and have-nots, and you get social polarization. The whole lower middle class sinks.

Quotes by Vaclav Smil

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

Quotes by Usher

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

Quotes by Uri Geller

My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.

Quotes by Ursula Burns

I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.

Quotes by Umberto Eco

And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.

Quotes by Umberto Guidoni

Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings.

Quotes by Tzipi Livni

Anytime you have a Pat Riley running things, calling the shots, you are not going to question things because he has been through it. He knows what it is all about and what it takes to win. All we have...

Quotes by Udonis Haslem

Unfortunately, sometimes our leaders, for their own political purposes, want us to think in terms of categories and groupings. Our group vs. this group vs. another group. This must end.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

The divisiveness that threatens the fabric of our nation - whether due to race, religion, political ideology, gender, sexual orientation, or other - must end.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

As a soldier, I stand ready to serve and protect and defend this country. And as a soldier, I know the cost of war. And as president and commander-in-chief, I will end these regime-change wars.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

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.