Some of them are pearls of wisdom
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance. [...] All right, my man; go to your place."[125] — General John Sedgwick (9 May 1864) at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House shortly before being killed by enemy fire
What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?" — Terry Kath (23 January 1978), of the band Chicago, just before putting a supposedly unloaded semi-automatic 9-mm pistol to his temple and pulling the trigger.