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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's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

Quotes by Joey Santiago

I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.

Quotes by Johan Cruyff

They don't sell the Nathan's hot dogs hardly anywhere in the West Coast. So I have to special order them, and I just end up getting Nathan's to ship them to me.

Quotes by Joey Chestnut

I'd been working on new Slipknot material since the end of the 'All Hope Is Gone' tour cycle, but I ended up with so much stuff, I had to take a step back and stop working on it.

Quotes by Joey Jordison

Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

Quotes by Joel McHale

A pig has a plow on the end of its nose because it does meaningful work with it. It is built to dig and create soil disturbance, something it can't do in a concentrated feeding environment. The omnivore has historically...

Quotes by Joel Salatin

'Avengers 3' has a beginning, middle, and a very definitive end, and 'Avengers 4' does the same.

Quotes by Joe Russo

We must end semi-automatic weapons that are used for war. We don't want those in the streets of America and that's why I've got to go to the people on this, not just the elected representatives and Senate, just like...

Quotes by Joe Sestak

There's slowly been a kind of shift in how we think about childhood. It's like childhood almost extends to 20 or 22 even after the end of college. When I was growing up, there was this expectation that you were...

Quotes by Joe Meno

Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from...

Quotes by Joe Johnston

At the end of the day, dividends are not being paid with margins; dividends are paid with earnings per share.

Quotes by Joe Kaeser

There is no post-9/11. Everything from now until the end of time is post-9/11.

Quotes by Joe Bob Briggs

You don't want to end up living a horribly narcissistic life, do you? And everything about fame and celebrity sort of suggests that kind of fate.

Quotes by Jodhi May

Not many people whose series gets cancelled get to come and put the period at the end of the sentence.

Quotes by Jodi Balfour

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

Quotes by Jodi Rell

At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers.

Quotes by Joanna Southcott

The end of all things is at hand; that Satan's kingdom will be destroyed, and Satan chained down for a thousand years, and Christ's kingdom established upon earth.

Quotes by Joanna Southcott

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

Quotes by Joanne Harris

I used to get into the government car and switch on Chopin or someone I liked to hear at the end of a parliamentary day.

Quotes by Joan Kirner

I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home.

Quotes by Joan Hickson

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.