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Dying words of famous people

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Topic: Dying words of famous people

Posted By: Mocha67
Subject: Dying words of famous people
Date Posted: 25 November 2010 at 1:09pm

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

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
                                     Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary, d. 1923

Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.
   Spoken to his nurse.
                       George Bernard Shaw, playwright, d. November 2, 1950

Let's cool it brothers . . .
Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.
Malcolm X, Black leader, d. 1966

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

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Posted By: dfmillington
Date Posted: 28 November 2010 at 3:03am

Nice Start - Here are a few more:

I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
~~ Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, d. 1940

I am ready.
~~ Woodrow Wilson, US President, d. 1924

I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence!
~~ Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (Archduke Maximilian of Austria), d. June 11, 1867

Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven.
~~ Andrew Jackson, US President, d. 1845

Posted By: JohnStain
Date Posted: 02 December 2010 at 9:35pm

Here are some of my favorites:

It is very beautiful over there.
~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931

A dying man can do nothing easy.
~~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, d. April 17, 1790

Go away. I'm all right.
~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946

Posted By: cesaralvareza65
Date Posted: 22 December 2010 at 9:23am

my top 3 favorites are:

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
~~ Earl Nightingale

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
~~ Martin Luther King

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
~~John F. Kennedy