George W. S. Trow Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 28, 1943 - November 24, 2006

Topics

HatMeWishIronyEatHead

I have a very irregular life, and by that, I mean I do many different things with my time. No day is the same, which is great for me because as they say, 'Variety is the spice of life,' and I utterly agree and live by that statement.

Jessica Steen

LifeLiveGreatTimeDayMe

Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.

Robert J. Flaherty

LieYouSometimesTrueSpiritCatch

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

John Wooden

LearningGreatGamePlayWithout

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody.

Rufus Wainwright

BeautifulWordsThinkSayLineFan

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Mitt Romney

I AmResearchCreatingNewHumanAm

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

PositiveLeaderFuturePoliticsI Am

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Lisa Randall

MeIdeasKindHappenDifferentJust

The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.

Jorge Amado

BestLanguageAlwaysReadAuthor

We like to think we can solve everything, but we can't always.

Doris Lessing

ThinkAlwaysEverythingLikeSolve

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Christopher Dawson

WorkMenLawWayAngelsThings

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

Boris Becker

HonestyTruthPeopleYouPrivacy

If I get a chance to dress up, I really go for it.

Annabelle Wallis

DressChanceGoGo For ItUpGet

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