--- title: "4 Cigarette Quotes By Leonard Cohen" description: "4 Cigarette quotes by Leonard Cohen. Plus more from Leonard Cohen and more Cigarette sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/leonard-cohen-448_cigarette_anyone-who-s-been-a-heavy-drinker-and-he_753970.jpg" --- > [Anyone who's been a heavy drinker and heavy smoker and has the good future to survive that and give it up knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/anyone-who-s-been-a-heavy-drinker-and-heavy-smoker-and-has-the-good/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/leonard-cohen-448_cigarette_anyone-who-s-been-a-heavy-drinker-and-he_753970.jpg) > [A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/a-sip-of-wine-a-cigarette-and-then-it-s-time-to-go-i-tidied-up-the/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/leonard-cohen-448_banjos_a-sip-of-wine-a-cigarette-and-then-it-s_1315900.jpg) > [ Does anybody have a cigarette? I'm looking forward to that first smoke. I've been looking forward to \[it\] for about 30 years. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/does-anybody-have-a-cigarette-i-m-looking-forward-to-that-first-smoke/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/leonard-cohen-448_cigarette_does-anybody-have-a-cigarette-i-m-lookin_1347142.jpg) > [I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-don-t-remember-lighting-this-cigarette-and-i-don-t-remember-if-i-m/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/leonard-cohen-448_cigarette_i-don-t-remember-lighting-this-cigarette_2768773.jpg) ## Other authors on Cigarette - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joe-eszterhas-50411.jpg) Joe Eszterhas 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/joe-eszterhas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richelle-mead-78985.jpg) Richelle Mead 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/richelle-mead/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-loni-anderson-61060.jpg) Loni Anderson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/loni-anderson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-p-j-o-rourke-184.jpg) P. J. O'Rourke 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/p-j-o-rourke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-immanuel-wallerstein-44301.jpg) Andre Calantzopoulos 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/andre-calantzopoulos/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-r-j-reynolds-76602.jpg) R. J. Reynolds 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/r-j-reynolds/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-ozzy-osbourne-73020.jpg) Ozzy Osbourne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/ozzy-osbourne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/margaret-atwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/john-green/) ## More by Leonard Cohen > [The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/the-blizzard-of-the-world-has-crossed-the-threshold-and-it-s/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [“Don't matter if you're rich and strong Don't matter if you're weak Don't matter if you write a song The nightingales repeat Don't matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/don-t-matter-if-you-re-rich-and-strong-don-t-matter-if-you-re-weak/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [“You don't know me from the wind you never will, you never did I'm the little jew who wrote the Bible. I've seen the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/you-don-t-know-me-from-the-wind-you-never-will-you-never-did-i-m-the/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [“This is it I’m not coming after you I’m going to lie down for half an hour This is it I’m not going down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/this-is-it-i-m-not-coming-after-you-i-m-going-to-lie-down-for-half-an/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/my-sense-of-proprietorship-has-been-so-weak-that-actually-i-didn-t/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/this-world-is-full-of-conflicts-and-full-of-things-that-cannot-be/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [ I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on \[some of my songs\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-would-say-the-hummingbird-really-deserves-the-royalties-on-some-of/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/one-is-given-to-self-dramatization-from-time-to-time-i-intend-to-live/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/the-basic-function-of-popular-music-is-to-create-an-environment-for/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [“Blessed are you, embrace of the falling, foundation of the light, master of the human accident.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/blessed-are-you-embrace-of-the-falling-foundation-of-the-light-master/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-continually-blacken-pages-and-scribble-away-so-i-always-have-a/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-have-nothing-against-the-queen-of-england-even-in-my-heart-i-never/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I’m just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-loved-you-when-you-opened-like-a-lily-to-the-heat-you-see-i-m-just/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [It's time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/it-s-time-that-we-began-to-laugh-and-cry-and-cry-and-laugh-about-it/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) > [“I followed the course From chaos to art Desire the horse Depression the cart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/i-followed-the-course-from-chaos-to-art-desire-the-horse-depression/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/leonard-cohen/#itemlist", "name": "4 Cigarette Quotes By Leonard Cohen", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anyone who's been a heavy drinker and heavy smoker and has the good future to survive that and give it up knows what a very different kind of daily existence one has. 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