My mother was a stout woman with a man's name - Billie. She was plain-faced with honest eyes - no black grease… — Charles M. Blow Black Copy Share Image
When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television… — Charles M. Blow Accents Copy Share Image
Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered. — Charles M. Blow Destiny Copy Share Image
“I was afraid that men like that could see the hole in me, a thing I dared not admit even to myself:… — Charles M. Blow Fear Copy Share Image
Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it… — Charles M. Blow Rewards Copy Share Image
“Children can’t see their budding lives through the long lens of wisdom – the wisdom that benefits from years passed, hurdles overcome,… — Charles M. Blow Children Copy Share Image
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste… — Charles M. Blow Able Copy Share Image
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously… — Charles M. Blow Administration Copy Share Image
All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And… — Charles M. Blow Another Copy Share Image
“I would often recall one of my mother’s sayings: You could stay in hell for a little while if you knew that… — Charles M. Blow Parenting Copy Share Image
What too few people mention when discussing crime is the degree to which concentrated poverty, hopelessness and despair are the chambermaids of… — Charles M. Blow Concentrated Copy Share Image
The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something. — Charles M. Blow Internet Copy Share Image
“Our politics are overrun with characters acting at the behest of shadows.” — Charles M. Blow 2014 Copy Share Image
Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want. — Charles M. Blow Cooling Copy Share Image
The first memory I have in the world is of death and tears. That is how I would mark the beginning of… — Charles M. Blow Away Copy Share Image
Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have… — Charles M. Blow Bigotry Copy Share Image
Regardless of their politics, the vast majority of the people I meet, when they can speak and listen and act of their… — Charles M. Blow Accord Copy Share Image
The Obama years will be remembered as a cultural - and legal - tipping point for equality for all people who do… — Charles M. Blow Act Copy Share Image
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture - particularly in… — Charles M. Blow Black Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to dumb it down, but you do have to sum it up.” — Charles M. Blow 2009 Copy Share Image
I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain… — Charles M. Blow About Copy Share Image
I know that life, I've done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine. — Charles M. Blow Done Copy Share Image
Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself:… — Charles M. Blow Advances Copy Share Image
“Boys hijacked by hormones don’t really think, they chase. They see risk and consequences as if through the wrong end of a… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
“I say, seeking to diminish the human dignity of another whose only crime is not loving whom you would have him or… — Charles M. Blow 2009 Copy Share Image
