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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.

If the end brings me out right, what people said about me won't make any difference, and if the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels saying I was right won't make any difference.

Quotes by Janet Reno

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

Quotes by Janet Street-Porter

I did a pilot for Nickelodeon that didn't end up going to series.

Quotes by Janet Varney

When I'm plotting out a book, I use a storyboard - I'll have maybe three lines across on the storyboard and just start working through the plot line. I always know where relationships will go and how the book is...

Quotes by Janet Evanovich

I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it.

Quotes by Janet Fitch

Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could write their autobiography. And in the end that's why I find people interesting.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

It's time for compassionate Americans to send a wake-up call to their members of Congress and demand passage of legislation to end the wholesale slaughter of America's horses once and for all.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

I did 100 concerts in 2010 and I had a bit of a burn out at the end of the year. I was absolutely exhausted and didn't want to do it any more.

Quotes by Jane McDonald

At some point, I realized that you don't get a full human life if you try to cut off one end of it; that you need to agree to the entire experience, to the full spectrum of what happens.

Quotes by Jane Hirshfield

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

Quotes by Jane D. Hull

I don't know one end of a car from another.

Quotes by Jane Fallon

I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot.

Quotes by Jane Goldman

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

Quotes by Jan Peter Balkenende

Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

Quotes by Jane Asher

On the performance end, I take a lot of advice from my sister.

Quotes by Jamie Lynn Spears

When I got the job on 'Cursed Child,' I was doing another show in the West End, and I was playing a part that Marlon Brando had played.

Quotes by Jamie Parker

Never stay with friends or relatives. You end up living on their schedules.

Quotes by Jamie Farr

Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

Quotes by Jami Attenberg

I have always joked that I have three mothers. I couldn't get away with anything as a kid. Whether I got a bad mark or was told off, it would always end up getting back to my parents.

Quotes by James William Middleton

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.