“I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.”
Tom Stoppard (1937) British playwright
Source: Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson
“I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.”
Tom Stoppard (1937) British playwright
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: Secret Vampire/Daughters of Darkness/Spellbinder
“I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!”
Davy Crockett (1786–1836) American politician
Personal motto, on the title page.
Variants: Be sure that you are right, and then go ahead.
As quoted in David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, who indicates that he also often used simply "Go ahead!" as a battle cry, and general assertion of determination.
Unsourced variants: Be always sure you are right — then go ahead.
Be sure you are right — then go ahead.
Always be sure you are right — then go ahead.
A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)
“I'm going, she said. I love you but you're
crazy, you're doomed.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I am not glad she is dead, but I am not sorry she is gone.”
Christina Baker Kline (1964) American writer
Source: Orphan Train
“You're going to break my heart, aren't you?”
Christopher Moore book Bloodsucking Fiends
Source: Bloodsucking Fiends
Thomas Ligotti (1953) American horror author
The Nightmare Factory