“Well tonight I'm gonna live for today, so come along for the ride,
I hope I'm old before I die.”
Robbie Williams (1974) British singer and entertainer
Old Before I Die
Life Thru a Lens (1997)
As quoted in BAM (1992-01-10).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“Well tonight I'm gonna live for today, so come along for the ride,
I hope I'm old before I die.”
Robbie Williams (1974) British singer and entertainer
Old Before I Die
Life Thru a Lens (1997)
“The world is turning,
I hope it don't turn away.”
Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter
On the Beach
Song lyrics, On the Beach (1974)
“i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live”
Nikki Giovanni (1943) American writer and academic
Source: The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
Ash-Wednesday (1930)
Context: Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things
(Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?)
Why should I mourn
The vanished power of the usual reign?
“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
Variant: When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of admission.
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“I hate that Alex and Damon. I hope they catch AIDS and die.”
Noel Gallagher (1967) British musician
Noel Gallagher cited in " Timeline: Blur v Oasis after Britpop http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4151510.stm" at news.bbc.co.uk, 14 August, 1995: Referring to Damon Albarn and Blur <br class="br">Controversy with other artists
“I shall eat cheese before I die contented.”
James Wolfe (1727–1759) British Army officer
Source: Last words, on hearing of the defeat of the French at Quebec. Quoted in Francis Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe
“I suppose I should hope that it turns out fine.”
William Fitzsimmons (1978) American musician
Until When We Are Ghosts (2006), Funeral Dress