Quotes/Last Words
Quotations based on last words. Select a quote for more details.Et tu, Brute?
Shakespeare
Great God! this is an awful place...
Robert Falcon Scott
I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is used.
Dominique Bouhours
I am just going outside and may be some time.
Captain Lawrence Oates
I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Yes, I'd like a bulletproof vest.
James Rodges
These are the last words or "famous last words" of well known people, usually spoken in the moments just before death. Sometimes also called "dying words" if spoken at the moment of death, peoples' last words range from amusing to serious, and they often offer a fascinating insight into the person's character.