# Best final line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644 "2015-04-14T15:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/41 "2015-04-14T21:45:40Z")
“To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee; For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee.” -Khaaaaaaaaaan!!! (Well, and some other ship’s captain, whose name I forget.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/42 "2015-04-14T21:56:50Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > The Romulan commander in _Star Trek_ TOS: “The Enterprise Incident.” > > “I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.” Good line, wrong epi title: “Balance of Terror.” (“Enterprise Incident” was the hottie Romulan commander) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/43 "2015-04-14T22:04:06Z")
Robert Shaw’s (Mr. Blue) final line from **The Taking of Pelham One Two Three** : Mr. Blue: Excuse me, do you people still execute in this state? Lt. Garber: What? Oh, execute. No, not at the moment. Mr. Blue: **Pity.** [he then steps on the third rail and electrocutes himself] ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/44 "2015-04-14T22:07:21Z")
**Skyfall** M: I suppose it’s not too late to make a run for it? James Bond : I’m game if you are M: I did get one thing right . \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/45 "2015-04-14T22:12:48Z")
“Shut the fuck up, and let me die in Peace” -Mike Ehrmantraut, _Breaking Bad_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/46 "2015-04-14T22:17:02Z")
Only because it leads into one of the best retorts ever. “I don’t deserve this…to die like this. I was building a house.” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/47 "2015-04-14T22:37:10Z")
“Saddle up, you’re on the clock.” ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/48 "2015-04-14T23:17:35Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Didn’t she get better? It’s been a few years since my last viewing, but nope, I’m pretty sure that was it for her. If I’m wrong, someone will be along to correct me forthwith, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/49 "2015-04-14T23:51:43Z")
**The Day of the Jackal** Lawyer: For heaven’s sake, man, don’t you realize you are going to be shot! Bastien-Thiry: You don’t understand. No French soldier will raise his rifle against me. Cut to: firing squad shooting Bastien-Thiry. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/50 "2015-04-14T23:53:32Z")
“You got me, Charlie. What are you gonna do now?”-- Arthur Burns, _The Proposition_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/51 "2015-04-15T00:00:39Z")
Andrei Bonovia (Hunt For Red October): “You arrogant ass! You’ve killed us!” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/52 "2015-04-15T00:05:01Z")
Comic Book Guy, from a Simpsons Halloween episode: _“Oh, I’ve wasted my life!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/53 "2015-04-15T01:02:34Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Incidentally, this was a catch phrase on [The Goon Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Bloodnok) before Dahl put it in his story. I always wondered if they didn’t get it from somewhere else first. It doesn’t seem particularly funny without some other (unknown to me) context behind it. > [@Finagle](#): > > Cyrano de Bergerac’s last soliloquy was littered with potential good last lines. It’s actually a bit spoiled because he keeps getting up, delivering a line, fainting, comes to, delivers another – eventually you’re kind of thinking “get on with it already”. But > he finally expires with the words [“My panache”](http://www.ibiblio.org/ais/sllcy5-6.htm) on his lips. Not too shabby. I personally prefer where this line is fully translated into English as “My white plume.” Most English speakers are only aware of the first meaning of “panache” which refers to a grand or flamboyant manner. What Cyrano really meant was his symbol of incorruptible courage (as explained in the previous act that took place during the war). His best attribute was integrity, not style. So for me “My white plume” is a much better last line than “My panache.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/54 "2015-04-15T01:10:41Z")
Real life: Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. - _Steve Jobs_ Movie: What we got here is a failure to communicate - _Cool Hand Luke_ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/55 "2015-04-15T01:27:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Andrei Bonovia (Hunt For Red October): “You arrogant ass! You’ve killed us!” Ahem! From post 36. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > An even better one from THfRO: > > Andrei Bonovia: [to Captain Tupolev] You arrogant ass! You’ve killed us! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/56 "2015-04-15T01:40:47Z")
"Seems like I can’t say nothin’ to change y’all’s minds…well, get on with it, motherfu -” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/57 "2015-04-15T02:10:19Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Ahem! From post 36. Dangnabit. “Ah-hoohoohoo-eeeeeeeee.” -Various cartoon characters after falling off a cliff. “What is your problem, numbnuts?! Didn’t mommy and daddy give you enough attention when you were a child?!” - Gunny Hartman, _Full Metal Jacket_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/58 "2015-04-15T02:12:27Z")
_ **Breaker Morant** _: “Shoot straight, you bastards. Don’t make a mess of it!” ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/59 "2015-04-15T02:17:11Z")
“I don’t want to go…” Tenth Doctor. Gets me every time. Last words spoken by Eugene in the _Torchwood_ episode “Random Shoes”: > [@](#): > > The average life is full of near misses and absolute hits. Of great love and small disasters. It’s made up of banana milkshakes, loft insulation and random shoes. It’s dead ordinary and truly, truly amazing. What you’ve got to realize is, it’s all here, now. So breathe deep and swallow it whole. Because take it from me: life just whizzes by, and then, all of a sudden, it’s– > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I…” \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644/60 "2015-04-15T02:38:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Ah-hoohoohoo-eeeeeeeee.” -Various cartoon characters after falling off a cliff. Not to mention Major “King” Kong in\* Dr. Strangelove.\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-line/717644.md?page=4)