Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

Ana Kasparian
Ana Kasparian

Charter schools were supposed to compete with public schools, and in turn, that competition was meant to improve education. But that wasn't the end result.

Anita Roddick
Anita Roddick

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

Apolo Ohno
Apolo Ohno

I think so many times in our society we focus so much on just the end result; when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal.

Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh

I met my share of boys but the end result was always the same - they weren't the right kind of men for me.

Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed

Such is the nature of comic strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste. Typically, the end result is lazy, rich cartoonists.

Brian Eno
Brian Eno

When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The end result is a kind of music that continuously changes. Of course, until computers came along, all I could actually present of that work was a piece of its output.

Carla Hall
Carla Hall

Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.

Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby

I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition we'll be working against - but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don't do anything.

Chris Squire
Chris Squire

'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.