Thomas Carlyle
Essayist, Historian, Novelist
"Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom."
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Antiques
52 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Alexander Smith
Poet
"Trees are your best antiques"
Cee Lo Green
Musician
"Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural."
Ted Hughes
Poet
"You could become internationally famous - you're Gemini, and according to antique authority have a literary talent, which of course your letters prove."
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"Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written."
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"This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world."
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"The subliminal depths of radio are charged with the resonating echoes of tribal horns and antique drums. This is inherent in the very nature of this medium, with its power to turn the psyche and society into a single echo chamber."
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"We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore."
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"She's a hypnotist collector; you are a walking antique."
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"You know what, maybe I just want a different kind of life. Maybe I want to open an antique store and coffee shop, and have a different kind of life."
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"I jog at the Rose Bowl, and I collect antique and vintage furniture, so I'm there every few weeks for the flea market."
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"There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, "I've got a new fundamental." That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques."
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"When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them."
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"The United States is already antique."
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