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 witho…

- George W. S. Trow

What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.

- George W. S. Trow

A tease is a con. You press a spot because you know that it can be pressed, and while the sucker is feeling the pleasure or the pain resulting from t…

- 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-c…

- 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 p…

- 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

The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built origi…

- 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. M…

- 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'…

- George W. S. Trow