The deathbed can lead people to speak with great honesty and, in many cases, humor.
1. Mozart (1756-1791)
“The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this earth.”
2. Steve Irwin (1962-2006)
“Don’t worry, they usually don’t swim backwards.”
3. Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
“KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you. Gas is running low. We are on the line 157-337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait.”
4. Bob Marley (1945-1981)
“Money can’t buy life.”
5. Malcolm X (1925-1965)
“Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a house of peace!”
6. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.”
7. George Harrison (1943-2001)
“Love one another.”
8. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)
“Now I can cross the shifting sands.”
9. Dutch Schultz (1902-1935)
“Hey, Jimmie! The Chimney Sweeps. Talk to the Sword. Shut up, you got a big mouth! Please come help me up, Henny. Max come over here. French Canadian bean soup. I want to pay. Let them leave me alone.”
10. Jack Daniel (1846-1911)
“One last drink, please.”
11. Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine.
"Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose."
12. Said by: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
"I can’t sleep "
13. Said by: Humphrey Bogart
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
14. Said by: Dominique Bouhours, famous French grammarian
"I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct."
15. Said by: Roman Emperor, as he was being murdered by his own soldiers.
"I live!"
16. Said by: Joan Crawford to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.
"Dammit…Don’t you dare ask God to help me."
17. Said by: Aleister Crowley – famous occultist
"I am perplexed. Satan Get Out"
18. Said by: General William Erskine, after he jumped from a window in Lisbon, Portugal in 1813. "Now why did I do that?"
19. Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.
"Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries’!"
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