Solzhenitsyn, who was less known for his comedy, doe-eyed looks, and middle-class charm, won the Nobel Prize in 1970, and ended his lecture with a Russian proverb: "One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world".
Gaiman ended his lecture on a note of optimism, saying that "stories are incredibly long-lived … We have children of flesh and blood … but we also have children of stories, and that's immortality, of a kind," he said, later adding, in answer to a question from the audience, that he "just wished we had more" of Adams's work.
"African art of tomorrow will be worth what Africa and the African of tomorrow are worth", Césaire declared before ending his lecture with these final words: "… the future of African art is in our hands.
He ended his lecture tours and began giving free, private classes in Vedanta and yoga.
Nicklen ended his lecture by encouraging people to commit themselves to lessening the impact of climate change.
Pausch ends his last lecture with a couple of confessions, however.
Just before the vacation ended his mother lectured him, begging his not to lose his humanity in his haste to become a mathematician.
Iggy ended his BBC lecture by saying: "The best things in life are free" – perhaps they are also free from our control.
A few years ago, Mr. O'Rourke noticed that at the end of his lectures, audience members were raising their hands to ask which kind of laptop or sneaker or lotion to buy.
At the end of his lectures, he broke into rhyme: "I see a ruse / intentionally constructed to confuse the news / well, I've taken it upon myself to defuse the clues / so that you can choose / and to demonstrate the objectivity of the methods I use".
