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Francisco Franco Bahamonde,Spanish general and statesman,died 1975 - on his deathbed,upon being told that General Garcia wanted to say goodbye
"Why,is Garcia going on a trip?"
James Allen Red Dog,executed by lethal injection 1993
"I'm going home,babe."
I'm sure it can't be that dangerous . . . . .
Oscar Wilde,dramatist and wit,died 1900 (attributed)
"Either this wallpaper goes,or I do."
David Hume,British philosopher,economist and historian,died 1776
"I am dying as fast as my enemies,if I have any,could wish,and as cheerfully as my best friends could desire."
Let's see what happens when I mix these two highly volatile liquids together . . . . .
Edmund Gwen,Welsh actor,died 1959 - upon being asked by friend and fellow actor Jack Lemmon whether it was difficult to face death,replied
"It's hard,very hard indeed.But not as hard as doing comedy!"
Thomas Paine,political theorist,died 1809 - upon his doctor commenting,'Your belly diminishes.' replied
"And yours augments."
Oops . . . . .
Frederick William 1,King of Prussia,died 1740 - upon being read to from the bible,'Naked came out of my mother's womb,and naked shall I return thither'
"No,not quite naked.I shall have my uniform on!"
Captain L. E. G. Oates,British explorer,died 1912
"I am just going outside,and may be some time."
No problem,I have a cunning plan . . . . .
Zachary Taylor,US President,died 1850
"I am about to die,I expect the summons soon.I have endeavoured to discharge all my official duties faithfully.I regret nothing,but am sorry that I am about to leave my friends."
Benjamin Disraeli,British Prime Minister,died 1881
"I had rather live,but I'm not afraid to die."
It probably just wants to be friends with us . . . . .
Dominique Bouhours,French grammarian,died 1702
"I am about to - or I am going to - die.Either expression is used."
Gabriele D'Annunzio,Italian poet and novelist,died 1938
"I'm bored,I'm bored!"
Great! I've always wanted to swim with sharks . . . . .
Richard Monckton Milnes,British writer,politician and gourmet,died 1885
"My exit is the result of too many entrees."
Thaddeus Stevens,American politician,died 1868 - upon being told by a visitor that ne looked very pale,replied
"It's not my appearance that troubles me now.It's my disappearance!"
Trust me,I'm an expert . . . . .
Marco Bozzari,Greek patriot,died 1823
"Oh,to die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain!"
Alexander Pope,English poet and satirist,died 1744 - upon being told by his doctor that is vital signs were very healthy
"Here am I,dying of a hundred good symptoms!"
Are you sure you checked that this rope was tied properly?
Dr Karl Brandt,Nazi war criminal,hanged 1948
"It is no shame to stand on this scaffold.I served my fatherland as others before me."
James I. Walker,American politician,died 1946 - he refused his nurse's request for him to lie back until she admitted to sharing his Democratic party beliefs
"In that case I shall abide by the wishes of a fair constituent."
What instructions?
Allen Ginsberg,American poet,died 1997 (Attributed)
"Toodle-oo!"
Kathleen Ferrier,opera singer,died 1953
"Now I'll have eine kleine pause."
I've beaten you once and I'll do it again!
Charlotte Bronte,writer,died during pregnancy 1855 - she had been married only one year
"Oh,I am not going to die am I? He will not separate us,we have been so happy."
Cecil Rhodes,South African statesman,died 1902
"So little done,so much to do."
Well,at least we tried . . . . .
RMS Titanic,sunk 1912 - the final SOS sent by the crew
"Have struck iceberg.Badly damaged.Rush aid."
Fitz-Greene Halleck,American poet,died 1867
"Maria,hand me my pantaloons,if you please."
Let me just have a look out of the train window . . . . .
Ethan Allen,American patriot,died 1789 - upon being told on his deathbed that the angels were waiting for him,replied
"Waiting,are they? Well, let them wait."
James B. Eads,engineer,died 1887
"I cannot die.I have not finished my work."
This bit goes in there? Well,if you say so . . . . .
Richard Savage,British poet,died 1743
- to his gaoler -
"I have something to say to you,sir - 'tis gone!"
Victor Emmanuel the second,King of Italy,died 1878
"How much longer will it last? I have some important things to attend to."
He's a big guy,isn't he?
Pancho Villa,Mexican revolutionary,died 1923
"Don't let it end like this.Tell them I said something!"
Johann George Jacobi,poet died 1919
- after finishing on New Year's Eve a poem about New Year's Day
"I shall not in fact see the New Year which I have just commemorated.I hope,at least,it is not apparent in the poem how elderly I am."
Come on,you cowards.There's nothing to be sared of . . . . .
Manuel 'Three-fingered Jack' Garcia,Mexican bandit,killed1853
"I will throw up my hands for no gringo dog."
Henry Segrave,British sportsman,killed 1930 - Seagrave was attempting to break the world speedboat record when his boat crashed
"Did we do it?"
They're not usually aggressive.If we leave them alone,they'll leave us alone . . . . .
General John Sedgwick,shot during the Civil War 1864 -
His last words,rallying his men
"Come on.men! They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist . . . . ."
Sir William Davenant,playwright and Poet Laureate,died 1668 - explaining why he could not conclude the poem he had been working on
"I shall have to ask leave to desist,when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying."
Is that the best you can do?
Dr John Wolcot,'Peter Pindar',satirist,died 1819
2Give me back my youth."
Emily Bronte,writer,died 1848- after having refused her family's urgings to call for a doctor
"If you send for a doctor I will see him now."
What happens if I press this?
Madame de Pompadour,French royal mistress and courtier,died 1764
-calling out to God to allow her time to apply rouge to her cheeks
"Wait a moment!"
James Joyce,Irish writer,died 1941
"Does nobody understand?"
Revenge will be mine . . . . .
George Bernard Shaw,dramatist and Fabian,died 1950
- to his nurse "Sister you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity.But I'm done,I'm finished.I'm going to die."
Katsushika Hokusai,Japanese painter,died 1849
"If Heaven had only granted me five years more,I could have become a real painter."
Hold on! I'm coming to save you . . . . .
Pierre,Baron de Cambronne,French general,led the Old Guard at Waterloo,died 1842
"Ah,mademoiselle,man is thought to be something,but he is nothing."
Titus Oates,instigator of the 'Popish plot' of 1678,died 1705
"It is all the same in the end."
He's about to jump from the top of that twenty-floor building.I'll just run and catch him . . . . .
Sir Isaac Newton,philosopher and mathematician,died 1727
"I don't know what I may seem to the world.But as myself,I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell then the ordinary,whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
Hugo de Groot,Dutch Jurist,statesman and scholar,died 1645
"By understanding many things I have accomplished nothing."
I'm really good at bungee jumping . . . . .
Georg Wilhelm Hegel,German philosopher,died 1831 - remaining philosophical to the last
"Only one man ever understood me.And even he didn't understand me."
Edvard Grieg,Norwegian composer,died 1907
"Well,if it must be so."
Oh! I seem to have pulled out the pin in this hand grenade . . . . .
George Orwell,Journalist and writer,died 1949 -final entry in his notebook
"At fifty,everyone has the face that he deserves."
Courtlandt Palmer,founder of the Nineteenth Century Club,died 1874
"I want you to say that you have seen a free-thinker die without fear of the future,and without changing his opinion."
These are the safe kind of mushrooms . . . . .
Charles V,King of France,died 1380
" I find that Kings are happy but in this ; that they have the power of doing good."
Bishop Pierre Pigneau de Behaine,French missionary,died 1799
"I willingly leave this world where I have been thought happy in that I have had public admiration,been respected by the great,esteemed by Kings.I can't say that I regret these honours - it's just that they add up to vanity and trouble."
Nobody could get here that quickly . . . . .
Robert Drew,executed by lethal injection 1994
"Remember,the death penalty is murder."
Henning Von Tresckow,one of the Stauffenberg plotters against Hitler.He chose to commit suicide rather then be executed,and killed himself with a hand grenade in 1944.
"The worth of a man is certain only if he is prepared to sacrifice his life for his convictions."
Listen,I know how to hansle a chainsaw . . . . .
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Mark Twain,American writer,died 1910
"Death,the only immortal,who treats us all alike,whose peace and whose refuge are for all.The soiled and the pure,the rich and the poor,the loved and the unloved."
Hans Frank,Nazi war criminal,hanged 1946
"A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased."
I bought this gun in the sales . . . . .
William H. Vanderbilt,American millionaire,died 1885 - puts it into perspective.
"I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more then my neighbour down the block who is worth only half a million."
Robert Alton Harris,executed in the gas chamber 1992 - his last words were taken from the film,Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
"You can be a Kimg or a street sweeper,but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper."
You are on my side,aren't you?
Benjamin Franklin,American politician,diplomat,inventor,scientist and writer,died 1790
" A dying man can do nothing easy."
John Baptiste Dubois,French diplomat,died 1742
"Death is a law and not a punishment.Three things ought to console us for giving up life - the friends we lost,the few persons worthy of being loved whom we leave behind us,finally the memory of our stupidities and the assurance that they are now going to stop."
I'm an expert at this . . . . .
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