A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer. Mignon McLaughlin
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.' Winston Churchill
If a man dies of cancer in fear and despair, then cry for his pain and celebrate his life. The other man, who fought like hell and laughed in the end, but also died, may have had an easier time in his final months, but took his leave with no more humanity. Stephen Jay Gould
After his final fight: "I felt like I was 120 years old. I feel like Rip Van Winkle right now." Mike Tyson
When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold. David Gergen
The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote. Peter L. Bergen