# Immediate Pre-Death Quips in Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506 "2004-07-29T22:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/41 "2004-07-30T14:36:16Z")
“I’m melting! I’m melting!” I refuse to give the cite. If you don’t know it, there’s no hope. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/42 "2004-07-30T14:47:16Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > This great last line is from **Moby Dick**. "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " It’s also what Khan says right before he activates the Genesis device. > [@](#): > > “Dave. What are you doing Dave? Stop it Dave.” (or something like that) **2001** IIRC Hal’s last words in 2001 are the version of Froggy Went A’Courtin already posted. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/43 "2004-07-30T15:04:40Z")
“Think I’ll check out the basement.” (Not sure which forgettable eighties slasher movie this line was in. In fact, I think it may have been in more than one…) ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/44 "2004-07-30T15:24:13Z")
Adam: Are you sure you wouldn’t rather go to Jamaica…? Barbara: No way. There’s no place like home… Adam: Look out for that dog! — **Beetlejuice** ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/45 "2004-07-30T15:55:29Z")
Famous last words to somebody: "I… "have HAD… "ENOUGH… “of YOU…” Kirk to the Klingon captain in The Search for Spock. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/46 "2004-07-30T16:12:34Z")
> [@AlbertRose](#): > > > [@Peter Morris](#): > > > > "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " > > > > “Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?”\*\* Little Caesar.\*\* > > > > “Dai-sy, Dai-sy, give me your answer true. I’m half cra-zy o-ver the love of you. It won’t be a sty-lish mar-riage. I can’t afford a car-riage—” > > > > “Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when _death_ is on the line.”. Hahahahahah.” **Princess Bride?** > > > > “Made it Ma! Top of the World!” **White Heat (I think).** > > > > “fuh-fuh-freedom” **Braveheart?** > > > > “Rosebud” **Citizen Kane** > > > > “Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.” > > As was already suggested, it wouldn’t kill you to tell which movies you are quoting, since not everyone has the impeccable style and good taste to have seen the same films you have. Apologies. You were correct on Princess Bride, White heat and Braveheart. As for the others: \*\* "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " \*\* Khan in _Star Trek II._ Note that Ahab’s final speech in Moby Dick was rather longer, and we are talking about movies. \*\* “Dai-sy, Dai-sy, give me your answer true. I’m half cra-zy o-ver the love of you. It won’t be a sty-lish mar-riage. I can’t afford a car-riage—”\*\* H.A.L.'s last words in _2001 a Space Oddessy._ The line **"What are you doing, Dave?** was a minute or two earlier." **"Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please."** Cagney rides the lightning in _Angels With Dirty Faces_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/47 "2004-07-30T16:15:12Z")
“My whole life’s been wasted!” -Comic Book Guy, Simpsons Halloween episode where everybody dies except Homer ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/48 "2004-07-30T16:53:10Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > How about “Forgive them, father. They know not what they do.” **The Bible** Not his very last words, though. The last were: “it is finished.” My submission: > [@](#): > > Cliff: Could I have one of those Chesterfields now? > Coccotti: Sure. > Cliff: Got a match? Oh, don’t bother. I got one. So you’re a Sicilian, huh? > Coccotti: Yeah, Sicilian. > Clifford Worley: Ya know, I read a lot. Especially about things… about history. I find that shit fascinating. Here’s a fact I don’t know whether you know or not. Sicilians were spawned by niggers. > Coccotti: Come again? > Clifford Worley: It’s a fact. Yeah. You see, uh, Sicilians have, uh, black blood pumpin’ through their hearts. Hey, no, if eh, if eh, if you don’t believe me, uh, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, uh, you see, uh, the Moors conquered Sicily. And the Moors are niggers. > Coccotti: Yes… > Clifford Worley: So you see, way back then, uh, Sicilians were like, uh, wops from Northern Italy. Ah, they all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but, uh, well, then the Moors moved in there, and uh, well, they changed the whole country. They did so much fuckin’ with Sicilian women, huh? That they changed the whole bloodline forever. That’s why blonde hair and blue eyes became black hair and dark skin. You know, it’s absolutely amazing to me to think that to this day, hundreds of years later, that, uh, that Sicilians still carry that nigger gene. Now this… > [Coccotti busts out laughing] > Clifford Worley: No, I’m, no, I’m quoting… history. It’s written. It’s a fact, it’s written. > Coccotti: [Laughing] I love this guy. > Clifford Worley: Your ancestors are niggers. Uh-huh. > [Starts laughing, too] > Clifford Worley: Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that’s a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you’re part eggplant. - **True Romance** , dialougue by Quentin Tarantino ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/49 "2004-07-30T17:02:01Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > “My whole life’s been wasted!” > > -Comic Book Guy, Simpsons Halloween episode where everybody dies except Homer Actually, it’s “Oh, I’ve wasted my life.” Which I know because I’ve wasted so much of my own life watching The Simpsons. 🙂 Still, good for him for figuring it out while staring down a nuclear missile. Holy crap, speaking of which, we haven’t done one of the all-time great last lines- “Weeeeee-hooooo! Weeeeee-hooo…” BOOM! Slim Pickens as Major Kong in _Dr. Strangelove_ Eddie Izzard was in _The Avengers_? That sucks. Oh well, I guess the money’s green. I’ve never seen _What’s Up, Tiger Lily?_, but that quote is hilarious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/50 "2004-07-30T17:17:00Z")
_Posted by WordMan:_ > [@](#): > > Okay, so you’re right, it’s Japanese - so sue me I haven’t seen the darn thing for years. But the line is funny, regardless… You’re right – it’s funny, and thanks for presenting it. I’m sorry for being snarky. _Posted by Sean Factotum:_ > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by bughunter > “Message for you, sir…” > Not to pick nits, but isn’t it"sire" instead of “sir”? > And Patsy was getting better before Lancelot (Cleese) moved on. Okay, since we’re nitpicking… I believe the line was “sir”, not “Sire”. Also, that wasn’t Patsy, it was Concorde (“Sweet Concorde, you shall not have died in vain!”) Patsy was Arthur’s manservant and producer of coconut-based horse sound effects. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/51 "2004-07-30T17:24:02Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > \*\* "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " \*\* Khan in _Star Trek II._ Note that Ahab’s final speech in Moby Dick was rather longer, and we are talking about movies. Well, Moby Dick was a movie before Star Trek II was. However, according to IMDB, the actual quote is. . . “From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.” I don’t know if “Ye damned whale” was in the book. But, since the poster dropped “ye damned whale”, we’ll have to give it to Khan with a nod in Ahab’s direction. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/52 "2004-07-30T17:26:03Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Supposedly, Dominique Bouhours, a 17th Century French grammarian, exited this world after saying, “I am about to – or I am going to – die; either expression is correct.” And of course, Oscar Wilde’s last words are reputedly “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/53 "2004-07-30T17:40:33Z")
Allow me to clear up a couple of quips from **Blade Runner** : “_Wake up! Time to die!_” - Leon, as he prepares to gouge out Deckard’s eyes and just before Rachel puts a bullet through his skull. “\*I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire near the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark at the Tannhauser gate. All these moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain. Time – to die.” \* Roy Batty’s death scene on the roof. Funny quip from a bad movie: “_Oops!_” - Lance Henrickson’s character as he accidentally blows himself up at the end of **Hard Target** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/54 "2004-07-30T17:55:39Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “I’m melting! I’m melting!” > > I refuse to give the cite. If you don’t know it, there’s no hope. :rolleyes: Evidently you don’t know it, either, if we’re talking about _The Wizard of Oz_. The line is actually “I’m melting! I’m _melting!_ Ohhhhh… What a world! What a world!” Of course, if you had another movie in mind, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/55 "2004-07-30T18:38:57Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > “Clever girl.” I’m thinking that is from Jurassic Park 3, but it also might be from one of the Aliens movies… ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/56 "2004-07-30T18:45:50Z")
I don’t know that I’d call it a “quip,” but Billy Budd’s last words are “God bless Captain Veer,” right before he is hanged on orders of, you guessed it, Captain Veer. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/57 "2004-07-30T19:21:31Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I’m thinking that is from Jurassic Park 3, but it also might be from one of the Aliens movies… It’s from Jurassic Park 1, otherwise I wouldn’t recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/58 "2004-07-30T19:42:27Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **NoClueBoy** > And another Shakespearean quote - this time from “King Lear” spoken by Oswald, > “Oh untimely death” Hey, I thought John Lennon wrote that 😛 . I- am- you’re singing telegram _BANG_ -Clue ---
**Author:** ![dry\_gear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@dry\_gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dry_gear)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/59 "2004-07-30T20:33:42Z")
“Oh, I am slain!” I think that’s from Hamlet when he stabs the guy behind the curtain. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/60 "2004-07-30T21:21:25Z")
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