Famous Last Words
May 13, 2008Famous last words before death…. Some are quite frightening. Wonder what our last words will be? May Allah give us a husn ul khatim, amin.
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Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.
To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity.
Karl Marx, revolutionary, d. 1883
Let’s cool it brothers . . .
Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.
Malcolm X, Black leader, d. 1966
I am a Queen, but I have not the power to move my arms.
Louise, Queen of Prussia, d. 1820
God will pardon me, that’s his line of work.
Heinrich Heine, poet, d. February 15, 1856
All my possessions for a moment of time.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, d. 1603
My God. What’s happened?
Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales, d. August 31, 1997
I’m bored with it all.
Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965
How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?
P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900
I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519
Lord help my poor soul.
Edgar Allan Poe, writer, d. October 7, 1849
Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?
Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715
I see black light.
Victor Hugo, writer, d. May 22, 1885
Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
“I don’t know.”
Abelard, Peter. Philosopher (1079-1142)
“To the strongest.”
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)
“Now comes the mystery.”
Beecher, Henry Ward. Abolitionist (1813-1887)
“Pity, pity . . . too late!”
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Composer (1770-1827)
“What’s this?”
Bernstein, Leonard. Composer (1918-1990)
“Do you know where I can get any shit?”
Died of drug overdose with needle still stuck in his arm
Bruce, Lenny (Leonard Schneider). Comedian (1925-1966)
“You too, Brutus?”
Caesar, Julius Gaius (100-44 B.C.)
“Why not? After all, it belongs to him.”
In response to priest attending over deathbed saying: “May the Lord have mercy on your soul”
Chaplin, Charles. Actor (1889-1977)
“You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother.”
..before being executed
Crowley, Francis “Two Gun” (1900-1931)
“I am not the least afraid to die.”
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
“We have a major problem, a major power problem, it looks as though we’re, er, going in, we’re going in”.
Mike Roberts, Pilot of Plane that crashed in Kent March 2008.
“My dear Schur, you remember our first talk. You promised to help me when I could no longer carry on. It is only torture now, and it has no longer any sense.”
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
“Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep or keen for me, let the enemy be warned of my death”
Genghis, Khan of the Mongols (1155?-1227)
“I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man.”
Guevara, Ernesto “Che” (1928-1967)
“Capital punishment; them without the capital get the punishment.”
About to be executed
Spenkelink, John 1979
“Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.”
Nostradamus (Michel de Notre Dame) 1503-1566
“As salah! As salah!” (The prayer! The prayer!)
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
Taken from various sources including Wikiquote and Corsinet
