“Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.” WritingSaidTwoEndsCreativeFlowerDrinkTasteAdvertisingBrownBottlesAdsCreative WritingSlogansSpitCigarBillboards Book:The Good Life According to Hemingway Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway
“"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit."” MenNeedsGivingSaidLightMinesGood ManAltruismLitCigar Author:Karl Kraus
“And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days, On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear?” IfsThinkingMenSaidWholeWealthMarriedRussiaBootsSparesLitCigarSupposingApparelCzars Book:Two poems Source: Two poems
“The U.S. is re-establishing relations with Cuba. But before President Obama can lift the embargo, it will need approval from the Republican-controlled Congress - or as Republicans who called Obama said, 'Close, but no cigar.'” NeedsSaidPresidentRepublicanRelationCongressLiftsControlledPresident ObamaApprovalCubaCigarEmbargo Author:Jimmy Fallon
“A cigar makers organization once said that I was the most famous cigar smoker in the world. I dont know if thats true, but once while visiting Havana, I went to a cigar factory. There were four hundred people there rolling cigars, and when they saw me, they all stood up and applauded.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldSaidSawsFourHundredOrganizationMakersFactoriesRollingVisitingCigarStood UpSmokersHavana Author:Groucho Marx
“I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.” SaidFacesGamesWinningStuffLosesHeardNbaChampionshipCigarNba Championships Author:Bob Cousy