Human beings are not the end-all of evolution.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : Money is the be-all and end-all of his existence.    From Dictionary.com. 

DNA testing isn't the end-all and be-all, she says.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Our Blood] Reference

Is Hamas the end-all, be-all problem in all of this?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2003] Reference

I don't think it's going to be the be-all or end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009] Reference

But he is not, himself, the be-all and end-all threat.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Threat Demands A Global Response'] Reference

We never said that this plan is the be-all and end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nuclear ‘Litmus Test’] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's not a be-all, end-all though.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2006] Reference

KING: Ali, is this bailout pill the be-all and end-all?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2008] Reference

You know, image is the be-all and end-all of everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2007] Reference

It's not the be-all and the end-all, but it's part of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Precarious Peace Process] Reference

So, this isn't the be-all/end-all about how the economy works.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2008] Reference

So a good preliminary test perhaps, but probably not the end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2002] Reference

Where is the peerage -- the "B-all and end-all" of his patriotism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841] Reference

But, you know, the end-all, be-all, will be who's delivering on them?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2007] Reference

But, seriously, it's good for you, but it's not the cure-all, end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2004] Reference

That is not the end-all solution to the problem that we're facing here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2003] Reference

We made it very clear at the time, ‘This is not the be-all end-all.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing Down Bear Stearns] Reference

The be-all and end-all is not to play to the gallery or make life easier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Filling The Silence] Reference

But the end-all to this is this is critical evidence for the prosecution.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference

Technology, any kind of technology, is certainly not the be-all or end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010] Reference

It's not the end-all be-all, but it's what we've got and it's been good to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Oregon Lumber Town Tries To Reinvent Itself] Reference

Now, our review on the Website said, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't the end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2006] Reference

And, you know, medication is not the end-all with regard to treating depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2004] Reference

It certainly is, you know, a powerful tool, but it's not necessarily the end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Elian Gonzalez Case: Organizers Call for Peaceful Demonstration; Miami Relatives Remain Defiant - April 13, 2000] Reference

Instruction is just about the begin-all and end-all of every military officer's job.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference

You can see the Dow is not reacting in a fashion that says this is the be-all, end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2008] Reference

It's not the be-all, end-all, but let's use Bill James's Game Score formula as a measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jordan Zimmermann was good, and now it could get ugly] Reference

In other words, while towing capacity matters, it's certainly not the end-all of the scoring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pickup truck test - How we configure vehicles] Reference

I just think he thinks that he's the be-all and end-all on new media, and I think he's wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damien Cox: "I have nothing against Ted Leonsis"] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Event data recorders are reliable, but they are not the be-all and end-all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2006] Reference

Saramago's reminder to us that we aren't the be-all and end-all of creation is, usually, a dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago] Reference

Political differences are not the be-all and end-all of relationships for Members of the House.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

Ned of the Forest didn't believe in closing with the sword as the be-all and end-all of battles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advance and Retreat]

And if we make that the be-all and end-all of Iraq, there is no way that this is going to succeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2007] Reference

"" They're trying to make it sound like this drug is the cure-all, end-all, but it's not, '' he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Quite Viagra Nation] Reference

Or that a wedding day is obviously the end-all, be-all of the entire female human experience on planet Earth?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Bridalplasty': When reality TV hits rock bottom] Reference

Clearly, humor is never the end-all answer to a horrific tragedy such as the one we experienced nine years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ross Luippold: The Onion's John Krewson Talks 9/11 And Comedy As A Curative] Reference