Charles M. Blow Quotes

“Co-opted convictions will always betray you.”

“Often doors of opportunity are opened, but few opt to walk through them.”

“That’s what’s new. There used to be the option of opting out. But now that’s over. Completion is the end. We’re closing the circle around everyone—it’s a totalitarian nightmare.”

“When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories, the idea that "having it all" is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opting out as a simple matter of "choice," we ignore the systematic problems that make combining work and motherhood so difficult.”

“Finding our joy requires no leaping. It only wishes we’d opt for being lifted.”

“The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".”

“You would rather opt for death than give up. Because, what a way to live a mediocre life by choice?”

“Since I had a soft spot for zombies and my curiosity was killing me, I opted for plan Z.”

“Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose.”

“The canvas of your life can reflect infinite beauty depending on the colors you opt to splash on it.”