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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.

A structured design approach can heighten the hit rate in the fuzzy front end of innovation processes in public and private sectors.

Quotes by Jens Martin Skibsted

The nature of design is to synthesize disparate perspectives and create a richer end product through collaboration and iteration.

Quotes by Jens Martin Skibsted

I have always loved and continued to love Johnny Depp. Period. End of story.

Quotes by Jennifer Nettles

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.

Quotes by Jennifer Dunn

'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

Quotes by Jennifer Egan

There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.

Quotes by Jenna Dewan

I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.

Quotes by Jenna Fischer

I think at the end of season you really learn exactly how you might become better.

Quotes by Jeffrey Lurie

What we do at the end of every season - which is why it's probably not the greatest idea to talk about things in the visitor's locker room after the final game - we sit down and have real serious...

Quotes by Jeffrey Lurie

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

Quotes by Jeffrey R. Immelt

The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical,...

Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.

Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs

People still call me the eternal amateur. After all, professionals are supposed to be able to conduct everything. But I can't unless I feel some connection inside. Conducting is not an end in itself for me.

Quotes by Jeffrey Tate

But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education.

Quotes by Jeffrey Archer

I'm the type of person who far prefers a vacation filled with trips to museums and art galleries, shopping and exploring vintage flea markets, people-watching at cafes, and discovering delicious restaurants as opposed to lounging on a beach for days...

Quotes by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Donald Trump is right. We need to figure out a way to end this cycle of hostility that's putting this country at risk, costing us billions of dollars in defense, and creating hostility that should not exist.

Quotes by Jeff Sessions

I don't enjoy putting my characters through hell unless there's a reason. I don't use violence or anything just for shock value. They're always a means to an end.

Quotes by Jeff Lemire

I'm not a big fan of introducing a bunch of new mysteries into a story without really knowing where they're going because you just end up struggling at the end to make sense of them and make it all seem...

Quotes by Jeff Lemire

When I was offered 'Hawkeye,' it was very intimidating at first because that book is so loved and so successful, commercially and critically. The worst thing you could do is try to imitate what they did because, in the end,...

Quotes by Jeff Lemire

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

Quotes by Jeff Lynne

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.