Final words, final thoughts, final epitaphs. Here are some from the famous. Perhaps you can’t take it with you, but a few have left them to be remembered by with their final words on stone. Here are a few that were left behind.
Mel Blanc, “That’s all folks.” Jackie Gleason, “And away we go.” Gunfighter from Silver City, Nevada, ” Here lies a man named Zeke, the second fastest gun in Silver Creek.” Bette Davis, “She did it the hard way.” Jesse James, ” Murdered by a traitor and coward, whose name is not worthy to appear here.” Karen Carpenter, “A star on earth, a star in heaven.” B.P. Roberts, “I told you I was sick.” Dean Martin, “Everybody loves somebody sometime.” Billy the Kid, “Truth and History, 21 men, The boy bandit king, he died as he lived.” An adulterous husband, “Gone but not forgiven.” Johnathan Blake, “Here lies the body of Johnathan Blake, who stepped on the gas instead of the brake.”
Some are sort of weird and some come right to the point. Bonnie Parkers (Bonnie &Clyde;) reads “As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and dew, So this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you.” Karl Marx, ” The Philosophers have only interpreted world in various ways, the point is to change it.” Wyatt Earp, ” Nothing is so sacred as honor, and nothing is so loyal than love.” Wild Bill Hickok, ” Pard, we will meet again in the Happy Hunting Ground to part no more.” Frank Sinatra, “The Best is Yet to come.” Sir Issac Newton, ” Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night, God said, Let Newton Be! and all was light.” George Washington, ” Looking into the portals of eternity teaches that the brotherhood of man is inspired by god’s word; then all prejudice of race vanishes away.
There are some that honored their profession. Stan Laurel, ” A master of comedy, his genus in the art of humor brought gladness to the world he loved.” His longtime teammate in comedy, Oliver Hardy, ” A Genius of comedy, his talent brought joy and laughter to the world.” Hank Williams, ” Thank you for all the love you gave me. there could be no one stronger. Thank you for the many beautiful songs. They will live long and longer.” Allan Pinkerton, “A friend to honesty and a foe to crime.”
Then there are the hero’s like Rene Gagnon, “For God and his country, he raised our flag in battle and showed a measure of his pride at a place called “Iwo Jima” were courage never died.” The Unknown Soldier, ” To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man could he see you now, ask why?
Along with epitaphs comes famous last words, too. Through the years there have been some memorial words to remember. We start off with John Quincy Adams, ” This is the last with earth, I am content.” Heavy Weight Champ Max Baer, “Oh God here I go.” Humphrey Bogart, “I should never have switched from scotch to Martini’s” Lou Costello, “That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted.” Bing Crosby, “That was a great game of golf, fella”s.” Errol Flynn, “I’ve had a hell of a lot of fun and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.” Robert E. Lee, “Strike the tent.” Voltaire, “This is no time to make new enemies.” Sam Houston, “Texas, Texas.” Davey Crockett, “Fellas, I’m a loud screamer.” Patrick Henry, “I regret that I have only one life to give to my country.
Some quotes went from words to epitaphs. Here are a few. From a husband, “I was born, then I wed, nagging wife, now I’m dead.” John Maynard Keyes, “I wish I had drank more Champaign.” Dylan Thomas, “I just had 14 whiskeys in a row, I think that is a record.” John Barrymore, “Die, I should say not dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.”
In all final words and epitaphs, we look at them in wonderment. Maybe some of us wonder what our final responses will be on this earth. Like anything else though, final words or epitaphs leave a lasting idea and image of the person leaving it behind.
sources; www.funyquotes.org
