Speaking Words of Wisdom...

Quotes that Confirm and Inspire

Each of these has been featured on the A Vintage Addiction Home Page.

They are too precious to not give them a page of their own afterward

Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. - Lewis Cass

The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.

I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be. We represent ourselves through the things we own. I don't believe in trends. I believe in collecting things that you connect with. We should surround ourselves with things we care about, that have meaning.

Nate Berkus
Interior Designer

There's a lot in my closet. I've been collecting things since I was five. I'm definitely a pack rat. I'm not a hoarder, but I'm definitely a pack rat. I will keep anything if I have a memory in it or a good moment.

Johnny Weir

American Figure Skater

Olympic Medal Winner
Fashion Designer

Erma Bombeck

1927 - 1996

Humorist, Syndicated columnist, Writer.

My writing inspiration. Terri

I love collecting market stuff in Mexico. I have an etagere built onto the wall of my living room, which has cubicles that are lit and filled with super inexpensive pottery. You see them in a new way; they become museum pieces.

Rick Bayless

American chef and Restaurateur

One of the brilliant things about Britain is the way you've managed to save old things but to keep using them - that they've not just become museums the way they do in the United States.

- Bill Bryson

Monetary value is not a true measurement of great antiques.

Such objects not only open the door

to yesterday, they help to shape tomorrow.

- Antique Talk Website