The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code.
Henry James Sumner Maine

Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what to think in films. And if they're challenged, they think it's something wrong with the film.
Alan Cumming

It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
Arthur Baer

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior," he said. "You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.
Chuck Colson

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.
Rufus Jones

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.
Boris Vian

Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.
Edward Levi

My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.
Kitty Carlisle

If life begins at 40, what is it that ends at 39?
Jim Fiebig

Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.
Jean Vanier

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Owen D. Young

Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own.
Moss Hart

There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will.
Frank Harris

The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make ends meet.
Martin L. Gross

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
J. Enoch Powell

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.
Frederic William Farrar

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.
Isaac Hayes

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.
Carlos Salinas

Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.
Thomas Griffith

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.
Toby Young