"[Democratic political operative] Jim Hanni is literally a political kiss of death."

--Jim Traficant, Youngstown, OH, from the documentary "Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown."

"I was literally knocking on death's door" 

--inmate Shawn Phillips, Bexar County Jail, San Antonio, TX, "Lockup" (MSNBC), Collection 1, Episode 14, "Carry that Weight".

"literally an Asian Auschwitz" 

--journalist David Hawk describing a Cambodian death camp (quoted in PBS documentary "Vietnam: A Television History", Part 13).