Saturday, September 22, 2007

Famous Last Words

So Miles, the putz mentioned in my last post, actually had a pretty cool hobby, which was collecting the last words of famous people. For your enjoyment, I include a selection, hand-picked from the internet.

Pietro Aretine: Now I am oiled. Keep my from the rats.

Lady Astor: Am I dying or is this my birthday?

Alexander Graham Bell: No

Leonard Bernstein: What's this?

Johannes Brahms: Ah, that tastes nice. I thank you.

Luther Burbank: I don't feel good.

Lewis Carroll: Take away these pillows. I shall need them no more.

Anton Chekhov: It's been a long time since I've had champagne.

James Dean: That guy's got to stop. He'll see us.

Emily Dickinson: The fog is rising.

George Eastman: My work is done. Why wait?

Queen Elizabeth I: All my possessions for a moment of time.

Adolf Fischer: This is the happiest moment of my life.

Edmund Gwenn: Dying is easy. Comedy is difficult.

Oscar Wilde: Either that wallpaper goes or I do!

Pancho Villa: Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.

General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, Civil War: They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

FDR: I have a terrific headache

Karl Marx: Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

Richard Feynman: I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

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