Kris Kristofferson

I never was one to go into an office and write. For one thing, I had a job. I was cleaning the ashtrays and setting up the studios at Columbia for a couple of years and working every other week down in the Gulf of Mexico flying helicopters. I didn't really get to just write songs for about five years.

American Musician

Raul Julia

I even smoke in bed. Imagine smoking a cigar in bed, reading a book. Next to your bed, there's a cigar table with a special cigar ashtray, and your wife is reading a book on how to save the environment.

Actor

Casey Affleck

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

American Actor

Damien Hirst

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

British Artist

Tom Stoppard

After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.

English Dramatist

Milan Kundera

Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray.

Czechoslovakian Writer

Dusty Hill

If we found an ashtray in the studio, we'd try to play it and find a part for it in a song.

Roger Ailes

I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray.

American Businessman

Ted Waitt

I've used soap dishes as ashtrays in the best hotels in the world.

Margrethe II of Denmark

Danish Royalty

Ashtrays are less common today due to smoking restrictions and health awareness.

Usage Decline

Ashtrays can be made from different materials, like glass, ceramic, metal, or plastic.

Material Variety

Ashtrays can be collectibles or souvenirs, reflecting a bygone era's design and culture.

Cultural Symbol

 of regulation some companies claim they've created a completely biodegradable filter but there's no hard science backing them up other solutions include filterless roll your own cigarettes pocket ashtrays or reusable filters but back to what Cindy said

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 architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses. Our work is across media. The work comes in all shapes and sizes. It's small and large. This is an ashtray, a water glass.