Favorite famous (or not) last words?

Question

Mine is from Gertrude Stein, as she laid on her death bed she hoped for some foreknowledge of the beyond, Over and over she asked "What is the answer, What is the answer?". The family around her were silent, And then Gertrude suddenly sat up and said "What is the question?", and fell back dead.

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So of course, What's yours?

Answer 1

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"Either the curtains go or I go."

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Oscar Wilde

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For me, it's always about the bright side of life. Or at least inanley silly!

Answer 2

"I wonder what this does?"

Answer 3

"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."

-Richard Feynman, 1988. Words characteristic of a fantastic scientist who considered life and the universe far more interesting than his own death.

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"Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough."

- Karl Marx, 1883. Words characteristic of a man who tried to leave nothing important unsaid.

Answer 4

Hey everyone look at this!

Answer 5

"It is finished" Spoken by Christ from the Cross. He willingly died the death that I deserved so that I could live forever with Him. Praise be to God!

Answer 6

Jesus Lives!

Answer 7

"my only regret is that I only have but one life to lose for my country"- Nathan Hale

"you'll soon be standing where we are"*
-Sophie Scholl on trial in front of the Nazis for her actions in the White Rose (or at least she said it in the movie "sophie scholl:the final days")

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*there's a dispute on whether her last words were "you're heads will fall as well" or if she said "God you are my refuge into eternity"

Answer 8

"I think I'm constipated..."

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last words of a friend that died of a heart attack sitting on the throne

Answer 9

"Bury me beneath the feet of my brothers"

Answer 10

So your a cannibal, Huh!

Answer 11

President McKinley was shot here in Buffalo, and died eight days later. His wife was very sickly and delicate, and his last words were of concern for her: "My wife... Be careful how you tell her -- oh, be careful!"

It has always touched me that his last thoughts were of her, not himself.

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Answer 12

it is a good day to die.

Answer 13

Ned Kelly he was a Australian version of Jesse James type of character and before he was hung his last word were "Such is life"

Answer 14

The funny thing is the closer it gets the more it looks like a piano.

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mock the week

Answer 15

I know of one, but I can't recall the details. It was some duel and the one guy (probably really drunk) made a comment "You can't hit a thing! Go ahead! Shoot!" The other duelist complied to the demand and shot the man dead. I just wish I could recall where it happened, why and who was involved!

Answer 16

that bungee jumper that died, right before he jumped he was heard to say, gee, i hope the bungee cord is not too long

Answer 17

"If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, absent thee from felicity awhile and in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain to tell my story." - Hamlet

Answer 18

James K. Polk, US President, died 1849
"I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you."
spoken to his wife

Answer 19

Oh sh*t!

Answer 20

Prize fighter Max Baer. Stricken with a heart attack at the age of 50. Last words: "Oh God here I go"

Answer 21

Hey! Bubba, watch this ! ! !

by Anon red neck.

Answer 22

god bless his soul