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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.

I don't actually have a regular end I bowl from at Old Trafford.

Quotes by James Anderson

There's a lot of guys who are drafted and end up not playing in the NBA. They get their money for their first whatever years and end up going overseas or something like that.

Quotes by Jalen Brunson

This cowardly business of international NGOs like WWF and so many others from England sticking their noses into Brazil is going to end!

Quotes by Jair Bolsonaro

When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.

Quotes by Jake Arrieta

Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don McLean's 'Vincent' come on at the end of an episode of 'The Simpsons.' You know when you hear something...

Quotes by Jake Bugg

At the end of the day, I know what my bread and butter is and how I can be effective.

Quotes by Jahlil Okafor

I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs.

Quotes by Jai Rodriguez

It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to...

Quotes by Jaime Hernandez

So many Hollywood actresses become successful and then just keep on going - they miss out on having a partner and a baby and end up lonely.

Quotes by Jaime Pressly

Every winning streak will have to end sometime.

Quotes by Jahangir Khan

If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.

Quotes by Jacques Parizeau

When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don't realize, we still had tickets for butter, meat and so forth in France until 1947. It's not like the end...

Quotes by Jacques Pepin

I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product.

Quotes by Jacqueline McKenzie

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Quotes by Jacques Barzun

You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.

Quotes by Jacob Zuma

I have always watched the rushes, and have learned more because I have done so, because you can have all manner of ideas in your head, but they have to end up on the screen.

Quotes by Jacqueline Bisset

Eschatological fears are an ancient human concern. The Romans expected the world to end in 634 B.C. owing to a prophecy involving twelve eagles, while the early Christians anticipated the Final Judgment in their own lifetimes. Pope Sylvester II thought...

Quotes by Jacob Rees-Mogg

'Ever closer union' is one of the totemically controversial phrases in the European Union's Treaties. It seems to give weight to the view that the scheme is designed to end in a single state and that those who agreed the...

Quotes by Jacob Rees-Mogg

Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam War.

Quotes by Jacob Weisberg

I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical.

Quotes by Jackie Walorski

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.