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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.

It was Dell who came out with their build-on-demand process, where they are able to keep a zero balance inventory. That means they don't purchase parts until an order is received. That is a way to greatly reduced overhead, since...

Quotes by Jonathan Raymond

I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.

Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

If you're trout fishing in the lochs of Scotland, your catch may end up like this: batter-crusted with that ubiquitous Scottish staple, oats; and served beside a generous mound of stovies, Scottish slang for stove-roasted potatoes.

Quotes by Jonathan Miles

In the South, dove hunts do not draw quietly to a close. Sometimes, at the simplest end, a grill and cooler are hauled to the edge of the field, and the doves' breasts are grilled - usually swaddled in bacon,...

Quotes by Jonathan Miles

Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you down a different track in...

Quotes by Jonathan Haidt

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

Quotes by Jonathan Carroll

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair.

Quotes by Jonah Lomu

A lot of web companies will take a short-term approach and sell to an incumbent and don't end up living up to their full potential.

Quotes by Jonah Peretti

If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist.

Quotes by Jonas Gahr Store

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to...

Quotes by Jon Ronson

Yeah, but in the end his followers take what they want from his philosophy. Maybe it doesn't matter what's going on in David Icke's mind. It's how other people take him.

Quotes by Jon Ronson

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.

Quotes by Jon Landau

I love starting a track in one place and not knowing where it's going to end up.

Quotes by Jon Hopkins

For those of us who have lived abroad and seen our nation in a highly competitive 21st century, and kind of see where this world is going - unless we are able to strengthen our core, we're going to see...

Quotes by Jon Huntsman, Jr.

I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

Quotes by Jon Johansen

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road.

Quotes by Johnny Mercer

That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy.

Quotes by Johnny Van Zant

It's that one thing that you're passionate about, that you end up developing tunnel vision for and everything else tends to fall by the wayside. Passion is appealing and universal.

Quotes by Johnny Galecki

I don't know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping or drinking. I'm pretty schizophrenic about it.

Quotes by Johnny Galecki

We're all out to set our best foot forward and to make NXT the best we possibly can, but at the end of the day, we all want to have the best match.

Quotes by Johnny Gargano

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.