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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.

The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience.

Quotes by John Dickey

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Quotes by John Dalberg-Acton

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

Quotes by John Catsimatidis

Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.

Quotes by John Carmack

Americans like optimism, and 'Once' walks a tightrope: you feel uplifted at the end even if you're crying.

Quotes by John Carney

I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done.

Quotes by John C. McGinley

For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend.

Quotes by John Burnham Schwartz

It is admitted on all sides that we must equalize the revenue and expenditures. The scheme of borrowing to make up an increasing deficit must, in the end, if continued, prove ruinous.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

We can't afford to go down the dead end roads of Parliamentary Socialism or Fascistic Bolshevism.

Quotes by John Blair

I think the government should do everything they possibly can to, to bring this crisis to an end; and that means going after BP, enforcing the laws that are on the books, and restoring the gulf to its original condition.

Quotes by John Boehner

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Quotes by John Bolton

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

Quotes by John Barrymore

The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.

Quotes by John Barton

I've been a Mac guy for almost my entire adult life. I wrote my first college papers on a typewriter, but by the end of my freshman year - almost 20 years ago - I was on an IBM PC....

Quotes by John Battelle

With God's help and guidance, we shall soon see the end of this most unpleasant chapter in our history.

Quotes by John Agyekum Kufuor

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.

Quotes by John Archibald Wheeler

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Quotes by John Adams

'End of Summer' expands the way I want to express myself as a composer. It's a piece of visual music that has this narrative and conceptual dimension to it.

Quotes by Johann Johannsson

I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time.

Quotes by Johanna Konta

I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for.

Quotes by Johanna Konta

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.