All Charles M. Blow Quotes
- One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced… Absence
- A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch. Cat
- The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage. Brandish
- Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you,… Affirms
- Co-opted convictions will always betray you. Always Betray
- Voter apathy is a civic abdication. Abdication
- Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they… Absence
- Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it. Concealment
- I know that life, I've done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine. All
- There is no wrong time to do the right thing. Inspirational
- You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference. Difference
- Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks need… Endeavor
- Regardless of their politics, the vast majority of the people I meet, when they can speak and listen and act of their own accord and… Accord
- Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself: When you think… Advances
- America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed… America
- What too few people mention when discussing crime is the degree to which concentrated poverty, hopelessness and despair are the chambermaids of violence and incivility. Concentrated
- In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea of… Black
- I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts - drawing, painting and, yes, writing - more. Always Loved
- One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible. Gay
- I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid. Introspective
- There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or… Attracted
- I was born in the summer of 1970, the last of five boys stretched over eight years. My parents were a struggling young couple who… Afternoon