„They were close to the end of the beginning…“

— Stephen King
„The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.“
— George Burns
„Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.“
— T.S. Eliot