10+ George W. S. Trow Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best George W. S. Trow quotes and sayings.

Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me without the necessary protective irony would eat through my head and kill me. — George W. S. Trow

It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult process of choice which ends, often, in an eclectic idiosyncrasy. — George W. S. Trow

The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built originally for Edward Hamlin Everett, the man who put the crimp in bottle caps. — George W. S. Trow

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements. — George W. S. Trow

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts. — George W. S. Trow

The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and to chronicle it. — George W. S. Trow

For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man. — George W. S. Trow

The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing. — George W. S. Trow

What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved. — George W. S. Trow

There was a time when photographers were thought to be socially secondary, and, hence, not dangerous. Lincoln was more important than Brady. It didn't occur to anyone to worry about the manner in which a photograph was taken. — George W. S. Trow