Cigarettes

"Cigarettes are the only legal product that, when used as directed, causes death."  Anna Quindlen

"Circumstances - what are circumstances?  I make circumstances."  Napoleon Bonaparte

"It is possible to actively take control of one's situation or circumstances and thereby, to change one's fate."  Kenichi Ohmae,  The End of the Nation State: The Rise of...

Citizen

City

"Life in the city is merely a wormlike biological existence where man lives and dies meaninglessly."  Muammar Qaddafi

"What is the city but the people?"  William Shakespeare

Civilization

"Goodness is the essence of civilization."  Don Jordan

"Our civilization is still in the middle stage; scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason."  Theodore Dreiser

"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak."  George W. Bush

"The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of the cities."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"These days it is an illegal exception to kill or torture prisoners of war.  A thousand years ago it was a common but unsanctified practice.  Two thousand years ago it was a ritual norm to disembowel them."  M. Scott Peck

"Find me someone who knows what I want."  Mighty Joe Young

Emperor Claudius

"He kills more easily than a dog sits down."  Seneca

Cleanliness

"A clean house is the sign of a misspent life."  Emily Christensen

"Clean your room well for good spirits will not live where there is dirt."  Shaker proverb

"Cleaning house while the kids are still growing is like shoveling snow while it's snowing."  Phyllis Diller

"Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture."  Mario Buatta

"Make peace with your dust bunnies."  Kmart ad

"Normally the house is immaculate, but I'm without a nanny or a maid."  Christie Brinkley

"Use soap."  Fight Club

Cleveland

"Where dreams come true"  Even Stevens

Climate

"If you can't stand the winter, you don't deserve the summer."  Unknown

"I'd take Clinton back in a heartbeat.  But I would kick him in the groin so he could keep his mind on business."  Andrea Parron

"You can't relate to somebody that ain't been in a little trouble.  That's why people loved Clinton.  You knew he had some dirt."  Nelly

"Why do all roads lead to Bill Clinton?"  Barbara Walters

Closet

Closure

"There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang onto someone who won't stay?  And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?"  The War of the Roses

Clothing

"Beware of all enterprises requiring new clothes."  Henry David Thoreau

"If it doesn't fit, it's ugly anyway."  Tab ad

"The truth about clothes is, nobody cares what you're wearing as long as you feel good in it."  Kimberly Cutter

"Clownliness is next to godliness!"  David Rakoff,  Fraud: Essays

"Through the sewers,
Toward the house,
Across the floor,
Up the stairs,
Beside the bed,
After the kid.
Into the eyes of an evil clown."  Caryn Kamp 

"You people have stood in my way long enough.  I'm going to clown college."  Homer Simpson,  The Simpsons - The Complete First Season