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A Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) "I don't know." Adams, John (1735-1826) "Thomas Jefferson still survives." John Adams Jefferson and Adams: A Lifetime of Letters Adams, John Q. (1767-1848) "This is the last of earth! I am content" Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) "See in what peace a Christian can die." Allen, Ethan (1738-1789) "Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait." Antoinette, Marie, Queen of France (1755-1793) "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur." Archimedes of Syracuse (298-212 B.C.) "Wait 'till I have finished my problem!" Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556) "Now I'm oiled. Keep me from the rats." Astor, John Jacob, IV (1864-1912) "The ladies have to go first. . . . Get in the lifeboat, to please me. . . . Good-bye, dearie. I'll see you later." Astor, Lady Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879-1964) "Am I dying or is is this my birthday?" Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli (1798-1866) "Ah, Luisa, you always arrive just as I am leaving. B Bailly, Jean Sylvain (1736-1793) "Only from the cold, my friend." Bankhead, Tallulah (1902-1968) "codeine . . . bourbon" Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891) "How were the circus receipts in Madison Square Gardens?" Barrymore (Blyth), Ethel (1879-1959) "Are you happy? I'm happy." Barrymore (Blyth), John "Jack or Jake" (1882-1942) "You heard me, Mike " Becket, Thomas (1118?-1170) "For the name of Jesus and the protection of the church I am ready to embrace death." Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887) "Now comes the mystery." Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) "Friends applaud, the comedy is over." Behan, Brendan (1923-1964) "Bless you, Sister. May all your sons be bishops." Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) "No." Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) "What's this?" Billy the Kid (Henry McCarty) (1859-1881) "Who is it?" Boleyn, Anne (1507?-1536) "Oh God, have pity on my soul. Oh God, have pity on my soul." Booth, John Wilkes (1839-1865) "Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country. . . . useless . . . useless . . ." Bouhours, Dominique (1628-1702) "I am about to--or I am going to--die; either expression is used." Bronte, Emily (1818-1848) "I lingered around them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth." Brown, John (1800-1859) "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood!" Bruce, Lenny (Leonard Schneider) (1925-1966) "Do you know where I can get any shit?" Bruce, Robert, King of Scotland (1274-1329) "Now, God be with you, my dear children. I have breakfasted with you and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ." Buchanan, James (1791-1868) "Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that at least I meant well for my country." Burbank, Luther (1849-1926) "I don't feel good." C Caesar, Julius Gaius (100-44 B.C.) "You too, Brutus?" Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850) "The South! The poor South! God knows what will become of her." Cassanova (de Seingalt), Giacomo (1725-1798) "I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian." Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) "Mine eyes desire thee only. Farewell." Cavell, Edith (1865-1915) "I expected my sentence and believe it was just. Standing, as I do, in the view of God and eternity I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone." Chaplin, Charles (1889-1977) "Why not? After all, it belongs to him." Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1600-1649) "Stay for the sign." Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630-1685) "I have been a most unconscionable time dying, but I beg you to excuse it." Chavez, Georges (Jorge Chavez Dartnell) (1887-1910) "Higher. Always higher." Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) "It's been a long time since I've had champagne." Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773) "Give Dayrolles a chair." Childers, Robert Erskine (1870-1922) "Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way." Cleveland, Steven Grover (1837-1908) "I have tried so hard to do right." Cobain, Kurt (1967-1994) "Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going Courtney, for Frances, for her life will be so much happier without me. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU" (from Kurt Cobain's suicide note) Comte, Auguste (1798-1857) "What an irreparable loss!" Crane, Hart (1899-1932) "Good-bye, everybody." Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1489-1556) "I see Heaven open and Jesus on the right hand of God." Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) "My design is to make what haste I can to be gone." Crosby, Harold Lillis "Bing" (1904-1977) "It was a great game." Cuvier, Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert "Georges" (1769-1832) "Nurse, It was I who discovered leeches have red blood." Crowley, Francis "Two Gun" (1900-1931) "You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother." Czolgosz, Leon (1873-1902) "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people, the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime." D D'Annunzo, Gabriele (1863-1938) "I'm bored. I'm bored." Danton, Georges Jacques (1759-1794) "Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing." Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) "I am not the least afraid to die." Dean, James (1931-1955) "That guy's got to stop. . . . He'll see us." Decatur, Stephen ( 1779-1820) "I am mortally wounded, I think" DeMolay, Jacques (1244?-1313) "Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us." Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales (1961-1997) "My God. What's happened?" Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) ". . . the fog is rising" Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945) "Shakespeare, I come." Dubroff, Jessica (1989-1996) "Mom, do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain? Mom, I just want to take off in the plane. Duncan, Angela "Isadora" (1878-1927) "Farewell, my friends. I go to glory." E Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) "KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low." Eastman, George (1854-1932) "My work is done, why wait?" Edison, Thomas A. (1847-1931) "It's very beautiful over there." Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1841-1910) "Yes, I have heard of it. I am very glad." Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969) "I've always loved my wife, my children, and my grandchildren, and I've always loved my country. I want to go. God, take me" Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603) "All my possessions for a moment of time." Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783) "I die." F Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr. (1883-1939) "Never felt better." Favras, Thomas de Mahay, Marquis de (1744-1790) "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes." Fetterman, William J. (1833-1866) "Give me 80 men and I'll ride through the whole Sioux nation." Field, John (1782-1837) "I am a pianist." Fields, W.C. (1880-1946) "God damn the whole friggin' world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta." Fischer, Adolf (1859-1887) "This is the happiest moment of my life." Flegensheimer, Arthur "Dutch Schultz" (?-1935) "Mother is the best bet." James Forrestal (1892-1949) "Frenzy hath seized thy dearest son, Who from thy shores in glory came The first in valor and in fame; Thy deeds that he hath done Seem hostile all to hostile eyes. . . . Better to die, and sleep The never waking sleep, than linger on, And dare to live, when the soul's life is gone." Fox, Charles James (1749-1806) "I die happy." Franz Ferdinand, Archduke (1863-1914) "It is nothing. It is nothing." Frederick William I (1688-1740) "No, not quite naked. I shall have my uniform on." Friedell (Friedmann), Egon (1878-1938) "Watch out, please." Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) "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." Frohman, Charles (1860-1915) "Why fear death? Death is only a beautiful adventure." G Garfield, James A. (1831-1881) "Swain, can't you stop this (pain)? Swain!" Garrett, Johnny Frank (?-1991) "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my ass." Genghis, Khan of the Mongols (1155?-1227) "Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep or keen for me, let the enemy be warned of my death" George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1865-1936) "Bugger Bognor." Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539?-1583) "We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." Gipp, George (1895-1920) "Win one for the Gipper!" Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) "Open the second shutter so that more light may come in." Gordon, George, Lord Byron (1788-1824) "Good night." Gregory, VII, Pope (1020?-1085) "I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore I die in exile." Green, Joseph Henry (1791-1863) "Congestion. Stopped." Guevara, Ernesto "Che" (1928-1967) "I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man." Guiteau, Charles (1841-1882) "Glory hallelujah! I am with the Lord, Glory, ready, go!" Gwenn, Edmund (1875-1959) "Dying is easy. Comedy is difficult." H Hale, Nathan (1755-1776) "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Haller, Albrecht von (1708-1777) "My friend, the artery ceases to beat." Halliburton, Richard (1900-1939) "Southerly gales, squalls, lee rail under water, wet bunks, hard tack, bully beef, wish you were here--instead of me!" Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804) "This is a mortal wound, doctor." Hari, Mata (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) (1876-1917) "It is unbelievable." Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856) "Write . . . write . . . pencil . . . paper." Henry, O. (William Sidney Porter) (1862-1910) "Don't turn down the light. I'm afraid to go home in the dark." Hill, Joe (alias Joe Hillstrom, Joel Haaglund) (1879-1915) "Don't mourn for me. Organize!" Hilton, Conrad N. (1887-1979) "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub." Holliday, John Henry (Doc) (1851-1887) "This is funny." Holmes, John (1812-1899) "John Rogers did." Huss, John (1372-1415) "O, holy simplicity!" I/J Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) "On the contrary." Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863) "Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks. . . . Let us cross over the river and sit under the shade of the trees." Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) "This is the Fourth?" Jesus of Nazareth (4 B.C.?-30 A.D.?) "It is finished." Joan of Arc, Saint (1412-1431) "Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!" Jolson, Al (Asa Yoelson) (1886-1950) "This is it! I'm going. I'm going." Jones, Henry Arthur (1851-1924) "The prettier. Now fight for it." K Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) "Kill me, or else you are a murderer!" Kelly, George (1887-1974) "My dear, before you kiss me good-bye, fix you hair. It's a mess." Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963) "That's obvious." Ker, William Paton (1855-1923) "I thought this was the most beautiful spot in the world, and now I know it." Knox, Ronald (1888-1957) "No . . . . Awfully jolly of you to suggest it, though." L Lawrence, Saint (?-258) "Turn me. I am roasted on one side." Lawrence, James (1781-1813) "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks." Leary, Timothy (1920-1996) "Why not? Why not? Why not? Why not? Yeah." Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) "Strike the tent." Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809) "I am not coward, but I am so strong. It is hard to die." Lincoln, Abraham (Laughter) Loeb, Richard A. (1906-1936) "I think I'm going to make it." Long, Huey P., Jr. (The Kingfish) (1893-1935) "I wonder why he shot me." M Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793) "They shall all be guillotined." Marx, Karl (1818-1883) "Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!" McKinley, William B. (1843-1901) "We are all going." Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (1717-1780) "No, but comfortable enough to die." Mather, Cotton (1663-1728) "Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!" Merrick, John Cary (?-1890) "The heart beats . . . . Nothing ever dies." (from the movie, The Elephant Man - actor, John Hurt) Mineo, Sal (1939-1976) "Oh God! No! Help! Someone Help!" Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) "Human life is limited; but I would like to live forever." Mizner, Wilson (1876-1933) "Why should I talk to you? I've just been talking to your boss." Monmouth, Duke of (James Scott) (1649-1685) "Do not hack me as you did my Lord Russell." Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762) "It has all been most interesting." More, Thomas, Sir (1478-1535) "This hath not offended the king." Mulligan, Colonel James A. (?-1864) "Lay me down, and save the flag!" N Narvaez, Ramon Maria (1800-1868) "I do not have to forgive my enemies. I have had them all shot." Nelson, Horatio, Vice Admiral the Viscount (1758-1805) "God bless you, Hardy." Nostradamus (Michel de Notre Dame) 1503-1566 "Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here." O Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace, Captain (?-1912) "I am just going outside and may be some time." O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953) "Born in a hotel room--and God damn it--died in a hotel room." O'Neill, William "Buckey" (?-1998) "Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me." P Perugino, Pietro (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (1446-1523) "I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven." Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) "Drink to me!" Pitt, William (1759-1806) "Oh, my country! how I leave my country!" Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) "Lord help my poor soul." Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise d'Etoiles (1721-1764) "Wait a second." R Rabelais, Francois (1494?-1553) "Bring down the curtain, the farce is played out." Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554?-1618) "Strike, man, strike!" Reeves, George "Superman" (1914-1959) "I'm tired. I'm going back to bed." Remington, Frederic (1861-1909) "Cut 'er loose, Doc!" Rhodes, Cecil John (1853-1902) "So little done, so much to do." Roland, Madame Jeanne-Marie Phlipon (1754-1793) "Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!" Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) "I have a terrific headache." Rothstein, Arnold "Mr. Big" (?-1928) "Me mudder did it." Ruffin, Edmund (?-1865) "I here declare my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule--to all political, social and business connection with the Yankees and to the Yankee race. Would that I could impress these sentiments, in their full force, on every living Southerner and bequeath them to every one yet to be born! May such sentiments be held universally in the outraged and down-trodden South, though in silence and stillness, until the now far-distant day shall arrive for just retribution for Yankee usurpation, oppression and atrocious outrages, and for deliverance and vengeance for the now ruined, subjugated and enslaved Southern States! . . . And now with my latest writing and utterance, and with what will be near my latest breath, I here repeat and would willingly proclaim my unmitigated hatred to yankee rule--to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, and the perfidious, malignant and vile Yankee race." Ruth, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948) "I'm going over the valley." S Sacco, Nicola (1891-1927) "If it had not been for these things I might live out my life talking at street corners to scorning men. I might have died unmarked, a failure, unknown. Now we are not a failure. This is our career and our triumph. Never in our full life could we hope to do such work for tolerance, for justice and for man's understanding of man." Sanders, George (?-1972) "Dear World. I am leaving you because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." Saroyan, William (1908-1981) "Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. Now what?" Scott, Robert Falcon, Captain (1868-1912) "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for. R. Scott" Sedgwick, John "Uncle John," General (1813-1864) "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--." Sitting Bull (1831-1890) "I am not going. Do with me what you like. I am not going. Come on! Come on! Take action! Let's go!" Sobhuza II (1899-1982) "I am going." Socrates (469-399 B.C.) "Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius. Will you remember to pay the debt?" Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) "What is the question?" Surratt, Mary (1823-1865) "Please don't let me fall." T Thurber, James (1894-1961) "God bless . . .God damn." Tolstoy, Leo (Nikolaevich), Count (1828-1910) "Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six." Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940) "I feel this time they have succeeded. I do not want them to undress me. I want you to undress me." Tucker, Karla Fay (1960-1998) "I am going to be face to face with Jesus now. . . . I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you." V Vanderbilt, William H. (1821-1885) "I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbor on the next block who is worth only half a million." Vega Carpio, Lope Felix de (1562-1635) "All right, then, I'll say it, Dante makes me sick." Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Emperor (9-79) "Woe is me, I think I am becoming a god." Villa, Francisco "Pancho" (Doroteo Arango) (1878-1923) "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." W Washington, George (1732-1799) "'Tis well." Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) "I still live." Wells, Herbert George "H. G." (1866-1946) "Go away. I'm all right." Wirz, Henry, Captain, C.S.A. (?-1865) "This is too tight." Wolfe, James, General (1727-1759) "What, do they run already? Then I die happy." Z Ziegfeld, Florenz (1869-1932) "Curtain! Fast music! Lights! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good. The show looks good." Zizka, Jan (1358-1424) "Make my skin into drumheads for the Bohemian cause." |