Cigar Sayings

[Scot LaFaive]

I'll put in a vote for the Ken Starr quote :)
Scot


>From: Rowan McMullin <tryxchange at GMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: Cigar Sayings
>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:02:58 -0600
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>http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/cigar/
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>Not sure about whether these are properly attributed, but in general it
>seems an OK listing.
>
>-Rowan
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>On 1/5/07, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> > 1. Close, But No Cigar
> >
> > Is anyone able to supply earlier citations for "close but no cigar" than
> > the 1935 example (from the movie "Annie Oakley") given by HDAS?
> >
> > Can anyone refer me to any dictionaries, books, articles, or websites
>that
> > have any kind of discussion of the derivation of this expression?
> >
> > 2. Other Cigar Sayings
> >
> > I would be interested in suggestions of other quotations, sayings or
> > phrases related to cigars.  I know, of course, about the Freud quote,
>the
> > Groucho Marx line about taking his cigar out of his mouth once in a
>while,
> > the Kipling quote, the Mark Twain quote about smoking only one cigar at
>a
> > time, and the quote, supposedly originated by Thomas Marshall, about a
> > good 5 cent cigar.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
> >
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