more on death…please excuse my morbid mood as of late.

Famous Last Words – Stolen from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader



“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.” –Pancho Villa

“Make my skin into drumheads for the Bohemian cause. –John Ziska, Check rebel

“I’ve never forgiven that smart-alecky reporter who named me ‘Butterfingers.’”-Thomas Moran, pickpocket

“I’m tired of fighting. I guess this is going to get me.”-Harry Houdini

“Remember me to my friends, tell them I’m a hell of a mess.” –H.L. Mencken, essayist

“Monsieur, I beg your pardon.” –Marie Antoinette, to her executioner, after stepping on his foot accidentally

“Dying is a very dull affair. My advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.” –Author Somerset Maugham

“I am about to, or, I am going to die. Either expression is used.” –Dominique Bouhours, grammarian

“No. I came here to die. Not make a speech.” –Cherokee Bill, outlaw, when asked “if he had anything to say”

“So little done, so much to do.” –Alexander Graham Bell

“I hope that the edge of your guillotine is sharper than your scissors.” –Jean-Francois Ducos, to the executioner, who was cutting off his hair

“Ah…you might make that a double.” –Neville Heath, murderer, asking for a last whiskey

“Are you sure it’s safe?” –William Palmor, murderer, stepping onto the gallows

“Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” –Karl Marx, communist

“I shall hear in heaven!” –Ludwig van Beethoven

“Get my swan costume ready.” –Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina