Famous Cigar Quotes

Enjoy this selection of famous cigar quotes from fellow smokers!

Cigar Quotes by Mark Twain

“It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake.” – Mark Twain

“It’s easy to quit smoking. I’ve done it hundreds of times.” – Mark Twain

“I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.” – Mark Twain

“If smoking is not allowed in heaven, I shall not go.” – Mark Twain

“Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man’s enjoyment of his cigar.” -Mark Twain

Cigar Quotes by George Burns

“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns

“I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.” – George Burns

“If I’d taken my doctor’s advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn’t have lived to go to his funeral.” – George Burns at age 98

“I smoked them because I wanted people to think I was doing well. When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they’d say, ‘hey, that 14-year-old kid must be going places.’ – George Burns interview with Cigar Aficionado on why he started smoking cigars.

More Famous Cigar Quotes

“I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine.” – W.C. Fields

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” – Sigmund Freud

“If your wife doesn’t like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.” – Zino Davidoff

“A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.” — C.S. Lewis

“Life is too short to smoke bad cigars.” – ZenWarrior

“Cigars – they’re not just for breakfast anymore!” – Unknown

“Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.” – Joan Collins

“If you can’t send money, send tobacco.” – George Washington to Congress

“Now I don’t need a garage full of cars
But I’ll take a whole box of Cuban cigars
And I’ll smoke ’em nice and slow
Like they were good for me” – Keith Urban (“Little Bit of Everything”)

“A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.” – Groucho Marx

“Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of his life (of which everyone has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.” — George Burrow

A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores. ~Klinger in a M*A*S*H TV Episode

“By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.” — John Galsworthy