Famous Last Words

"Thomas Jefferson still survives..." ~John Adams, US President, died July 4, 1826(ironically, Jefferson had died earlier that day...)

"Is everbody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy." ~Ethel Barrymore, actress, died June 18, 1959

"I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct." ~Dominique Bohours, French grammarian, died 1702

"I must go in, the fog is rising." ~Emily Dickson, poet, died 1886

"It is very beautiful over there." ~Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, died October 18, 1931

"Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark." ~O Henry, writer, died June 4, 1910

"Is it the Fourth?" ~Thomas Jefferson, US President, died July 4, 1826

"Lord help my poor soul." ~Edgar Allen Poe, writer, died October 7, 1849

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist---!" (And then he was shot.) ~General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, died 1864

"I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record..." ~Dylan Thomas, poet, died 1953

And of course...
"Damn it! How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?" ~Simon Bolivar