Cigarette Smoking Man

The Cigarette Smoking Man (sometimes called CSM or Cancerman), is a fictional character played by William B. Davis on the 1993-2002 television series The X-Files. The Cigarette Smoking Man oversaw Scully's debriefing and disposed of her evidence in the show's Pilot episode, and eventually developed into the series' primary antagonist. The character is known initially only by this nickname because he is almost always seen chain-smoking Morley cigarettes, and is usually surrounded by clouds of smoke.

Memorable Quotes by the Cigarrete Smoking Man

• "Nothing vanishes without a trace." ("Anasazi")
• "If people were to know the things I know, it would all fall apart. I told Skinner you shot the man in the hospital but I didn?t really believe it. And here you are with a gun to my head. I have more respect for you, Mulder. You?re becoming a player. You can kill me now, but you?ll never know the truth... and that?s why I?ll win. Don?t worry. This?ll be our secret. We wouldn?t want others to... start rumors." ("One Breath")
• "You can't play poker if you don't have any cards, Mister Skinner. You ever wonder what it would be like to die in a plane crash? Or botulism? Even a heart attack's not uncommon for a man in your age. You think I'm bluffing?" ("Paper Clip")
• "Men can never be free, because they're weak, corrupt, worthless and restless. The people believe in authority, they've grown tired of waiting for miracle or mystery. Science is their religion, no greater explanation exists for them. They must never believe any differently if the project is to go forward." ("Talitha Cumi")
• "Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him." ("Talitha Cumi")
• "How many historic events have only the two of us witnessed together, Ronald? How often did we make or change history? And our names can never grace any pages of record. No monument will ever bear our image. And yet once again, tonight, the course of human history will be set by two unknown men... standing in the shadows." ("Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
• "Life... is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. You're stuck with this undefinable whipped-mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while, there's a peanut butter cup, or an English toffee. But they're gone too fast, the taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits, filled with hardened jelly and teeth-crunching nuts, and if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left... is an empty box... filled with useless, brown paper wrappers." ("Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
• "I can kill you whenever I please... but not today." ("Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
• "Don't try and threaten me, Mulder. I've watched presidents die." ("One Breath")