When I was young, I kissed my first woman, and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I have never had time for tobacco since.
Source: In Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations, by John Daintith, 1989.
-- Arturo Toscanini, (Mar 25 1867-1957), Italian conductor; He is considered by many as one of the great virtuoso conductors of the first half of the 20th century.