Closing Statement Quotes

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.

THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.

I always like to get that finishing blow and satisfy the crowd.

We rest our case on the production numbers.

PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is the smell of the several kinds of powder used in preparing it.

How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell.

I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.'

I want to finish my career on a high note.

And one more thing.

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

I always want the last line to be really good, which may sound silly, but I want it to be a last pleasing line.

for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.