Charles M. Blow
Charles M. Blow
Charles McRay Blowis an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
Charles M. Blow quotes about
color illustration weight
An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.
abdication voters apathy
Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
leader humanity together
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 galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.
just-being done fine
I know that life, I've done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.
trying culture males
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.
gay rights movement
One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.
kids quiet introspective
I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.
government nsa people
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
love-you world may
Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.
lying cat doors
A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.
teacher differences world
You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
men empathy understanding
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 of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.
way cowardice vanquish
The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.
wrong-time right-thing
There is no wrong time to do the right thing.