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Quote by Rudyard Kipling

“If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.”

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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was a British poet, short-story writer, and novelist, known for his works reflecting British imperialism and his experiences in India. His most famous works include 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim'. more

“Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who put off writing bad poetry. Merits were for sex addicts, Salems were for alcoholics, and Mores were for people who considered themselves to be outrageous but really weren't.”

People Writing Sex Black Class Merit Smoking Black People Addict Alcoholics Outrageous Camels Lower Class Procrastinator Salem

Author:David Sedaris

“My daughter told me she wasn't afraid of spider but that she was afraid of my smoking. She said that she was afraid of my dying. So I went downstairs, picked up a pair of pliers and a blowtorch and showed her what real fear was.”

Said Real Dying Daughter Smoking Pairs My Daughter Spiders Pliers

Author:Robert Clarke

“Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.”

May Art Seems Beautiful Young Strange Advantage Female Smoking Young And Beautiful

Author:Herman Melville

“Hugh returned from his trip, and days later I still sounded like a Red Chinese asking questions about the democratic hinterlands. "And you actually saw people smoking in restaurants? Really! And offices, too? Oh, tell me again about the ashtrays in the hospital waiting room, and don't leave anything out."”

People Stills Waiting Rooms Saws Office Red Asking Democratic Chinese Restaurants Smoking Hospitals Asking Questions Waiting Rooms Ashtrays

Author:David Sedaris

“She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady.”

Knows May Joy Streets Circumstances Husband Murder Charity Shoes Corners Smoke Smoking Devoted Ankles Street Corners

Book:Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium

Source: Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium

“...smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the fingers'. My impulse was to tell her Tolstoy was off his onion, but I choked down the heated words. For all I know, the man might be a bosom pal of hers and she might resent criticism of him, however justified.”

Knows Men Said Might Pleasure He Man Habit Mets Criticism Fingers Impulse Smoking Justified Bosoms Resent Onions Pals Twirling

Book:The Cat-Nappers

Source: The Cat-Nappers

“It is quite a three-pipe problem.”

Problem Three Smoking Pipe

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

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