Famous Last Words

So, by what last words do you want to be remembered?  Is it something like, “The brakes aren’t working! * * *” or “I have been… and always shall be… your friend.  Live long… and prosper.”

In Famous Last Words — Clever Ways to Say Goodbye Forever, Asylum.com, Dec. 3, 2008, the alleged last words of twenty famous individuals are presented.  Here are a few of my favorites:

• “Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. Now what?” — Writer William Saroyan
• “Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.”– Philosopher Voltaire when asked by a priest to renounce Satan.
• “How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” — Entrepreneur P. T. Barnum
• “Go on, get out — last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” — Revolutionary Karl Marx”
• “I’ve had 18 straight whiskeys; I think that’s the record.” — Poet Dylan Thomas

Special thanks to Sara Hudman (J.D. 2008, Texas Tech University School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention