The list below is a selection of 35 different final words from famous people, and the parting phrases range from profound/prolific, to simple/shocking.
As the saying goes, “he who laughs last, lasts longest”- and perhaps this is the case for the legacy of these legends…
1) “I’m going to the bathroom to read.” – Elvis Presley
2) “I’m losing it.” – Frank Sinatra
3) “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” – Leonardo da Vinci
4) “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” – Steve Jobs
5) “At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.” – George Orwell (died at age 46).
6) “I’ll sleep well tonight.” – Henry Ford
7) “I should never have switched from Scotch to martinis.” – Humphrey Bogart
8) “Leave me alone. I’m fine.” – Barry White
9) “One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.” – Alfred Hitchcock
10) “It’s very beautiful over there.” – Thomas Edison
11) “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.” – Joe DiMaggio
12) “Don’t be in such a hurry.” – Billie Holiday
13) “Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.” – Nostradamus
14) “My Florida water.” – Lucille Ball (when asked if she needed anything.)
15) “A party! Let’s have a party.” – Margaret Sanger
16) “More milk.” – Michael Jackson (referencing the nickname he’d given to the anesthetic propofol, on which he overdosed).
17) “I’m bored with it all.” – Winston Churchill
18) “I want nothing but death.” – Jane Austen
19) “Pardonnez-moi, monsieur.” – Marie Antoinette (She stepped on her executioner’s foot on her way to the guillotine).
20) “Money can’t buy life.” – Bob Marley
21) “Where is my clock?” – Salvador Dalí
22) “Surprise me.” – Bob Hope
23) “Swing low, sweet chariot.” – Harriet Tubman
24) “A dying man can do nothing easy.” – Benjamin Franklin
25) “I’m going away tonight.” – James Brown
26) “I must go in, for the fog is rising.” – Emily Dickinson
27) “Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.” – John Wayne (to his wife).
28) “I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return.” – Frida Kahlo
29) “Damn it! Don’t you dare ask God to help me!” – Joan Crawford (yelling at her housekeeper).
30) “One last drink, please.” – Jack Daniel (of Jack Daniel’s Whiskey)
31) “Be inspired.” – Heavy D
32) “Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished.” – Beethoven
33) “Pam, are you still there?” – Jim Morrison
34) “The wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.” – Oscar Wilde
35) “Drink to me.” – Pablo Picasso
via: 22 Words
