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n. 1 A notable final utterance before death, especially one made by a celebrity or historical figure. 2 (context figuratively expressing sarcasm English) A statement which is overly optimistic, results from overconfidence, or lacks realistic foresight.
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Famous Last Words is the twelfth studio album by Al Stewart, released in September 1993.
"Famous Last Words" is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance. It was released as the band's second single on January 22, 2007 from their third studio album, The Black Parade. It is also the band's ninth overall single. The music video premiered on December 12, 2006 on MTV2 and on December 13, 2006 on the Much Music program, and on MuchOnDemand in Canada.
In the United Kingdom and other territories, the single was released as a two-part square shaped vinyl picture disc. Part one came in a gatefold stickered clear sleeve, with a space to 'slot' part two into.
Famous Last Words may refer to:
"Famous Last Words" is a song by the British group Tears for Fears, originally released on their 1989 album The Seeds of Love. It was released (by the record company without the band's involvement) as the fourth and final single from the album in 1990 and peaked at #83 in the UK.
Famous Last Words is Hedley's second full-length album released on October 30, 2007 in Canada. It debuted at #3 in Canada upon release. In the USA, the album is known as "Never Too Late" and only includes 8 tracks from the Canadian release and contains 5 tracks from Hedley, which replace the missing tracks from Famous Last Words. Unlike Famous Last Words, Never Too Late has a blue background on its album cover, whereas the Canadian release has a red background on its cover.
The first single from the album, "She's So Sorry", was released to radio on August 21, 2007. The video was shot in Toronto, Ontario on August 30 and premiered on MuchMusic on September 20, 2007. The second single, " For the Nights I Can't Remember", was released in November 2007. It peaked at #6 on the Canadian Hot 100. The third single," Never Too Late ", was released in April 2008, and has peaked at #4 on the Canadian Hot 100. The fourth single, " Old School", released in August 2008, reached #43 on the Canadian Hot 100 before it was officially released and went to peak at #10.
Famous Last Words is a 1981 novel by Canadian author Timothy Findley, in which Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (originally from the Ezra Pound poem of the same name) is the main character.
In the book Findley poses a few ideas involving the flight of Rudolf Hess into Scotland.
Famous Last Words (formerly known as A Walking Memory) is a post hardcore band from Petoskey, Michigan. The band has recently announced their departure from InVogue Records and are currently working on their third concept album with Revival Recordings.
Usage examples of "famous last words".
Then you could run out, we shoot you full of arrows, you utter some famous last words .
Then you could run out, we shoot you full of arrows, you utter some famous last words.
Geordi had asked earlier, which certainly fell under the category of famous last words.
I said that if the books I asked them to read began half as lazily as their papers on Timothy Findley's Famous Last Words, they would never have managed to plow through a single one of them!
He claimed to have gotten it from a book of famous last words, or if not famous then at least memorable.