Cigar Literary and Quote Corner Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Betrothed" about cigars. Mark Twain's essay "Concerning Tobacco."                                    Charles Spurgeon (1834 - 1892) Charles Spurgeon was a great Calvinist evangelist in Victorian England. He enjoyed cigars and was often quoted on the subject: "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." Mr. Spurgeon's reply to the gentleman who "had heard he smoked, but could not believe it to be true," and asked Mr. Spurgeon to satisfy him, is choice: "I cultivate my flowers and burn my weeds." "Well, dear friends, you know that some men can do to the glory of God what to other men would be sin. And notwithstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed to-night. "If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, 'Thou shalt not smoke,' I am ready to keep it; but I haven't found it yet. I find ten commandments, and it's as much as I can do to keep them; and I've no desire to make them into eleven or twelve. "Why, a man may think it a sin to have his boots blacked. Well, then, let him give it up, and have them whitewashed. I wish to say that I'm not ashamed of anything whatever that I do, and I don't feel that smoking makes me ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke to the glory of God."   "What this country needs is a good five cent cigar." - Thomas Marshall, Vice-President of the United States, 1919. "There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The problem is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel." - Franklin P. Adams (1881-1960) "Here, have a cigar. Light it up and be somebody." - from the film Pete Kelly's Blues. "Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke" - Lynda Barry "Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick on himself, needs an ally. Mine has been tobacco. " - John Boynton Priestley   A glass is good, and a lass is good,      And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;                 The world is good, and the people are good,     And we 're all good fellows together.   John O'Keefe (1747-1833)   "Tobacco is a dirty weed, I like it It satisfies no normal need, I like it It makes you thin, it makes you lean, It takes he hair right off your bean It's the worst damn stuff I've ever seen I like it." -- Graham L. Hemminger, Penn State Froth, 1915   Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.  You're gonna go far,  You're gonna fly high, You're never gonna die,  You're gonna make it if you try;   "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd   From a Dear Abby column many years ago: Dear Abby: What is your opinion of a man who constatnly smokes cigars ? Signed, CURIOUS Dear Curious: He is courageous, self-confident, masculine, sophisticated, and uninhibited.   More great cigar quotes: http://members.tripod.com/~zenwarrior/stogie_quotes.html       Call Toll-Free: (800) 723-6778 or 713-975-9057 We are here to take your order from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM CST, Monday through Saturday.   When you call or email us we will confirm that we have the cigars in stock that you want and you can order using Visa,MasterCard, American Express,Discover, or Diners Club. All cigars are shipped by USPS Priority Mail to insure freshness. Shipping time is two days on average. Shipping charge for Priority Mail is $5 for orders of one pound weight or less to any US or APO/FPO zipcode.  PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT SHIP TO INDONESIA.   General Info: Orders: Our Location 3301-M Fondren Rd. Houston, TX 77063 Member Cigar smokers have visited here Site Created By Richmond Avenue Cigar©. Hosted By Copyright © 2006 Richmond Avenue Cigar. For website comments please email webmaster Revised: January 26, 2006