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"Wait a minuteÂ…"
-Who: Pope Alexander VI


"Maybe they only had one rocket"
-Who: Lawrence Beeter, WWII British soldier who was taking cover in a bunker after they were hit by a rocket. A second volley destroyed the bunker and Beeter was killed.


"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
-Who: Humphrey Bogart


"two broken windows -- Oh god! Oh g--"
-Who: Kevin Cosgrove
-Note: Heard in a 911 call to police during the September 11th attacks, from Cosgrove's office inside the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Cosgrove uttered these final words as the tower collapsed.


"Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? 'French Fries'!"
-Who: James French.
-Notes: French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.


"Don't worry, relax!"
-Who: Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister, to his security staff minutes before being killed by a suicide bomber attack.


"Is it safe?"
-Who: William Palmer (before stepping on the gallows trap)


"Oh, what's the bloody dot?"
-Who: Kenneth Williams, British actor and raconteur. This was the final entry in his diary.