I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
Source: In International Herald Tribune, 15 Jan 1990.
-- Thurgood Marshall, (Jul 2 1908-1993), US supreme court justice; He successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 to desegregate public schools; became the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court.