Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The government is supposed to provide a level playing field where people can compete fairly. It's not supposed to cut deals with… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The more people doubt their own beliefs the more, paradoxically, they are inclined to proselytize in favor of them. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People tend to marry people with similar-width noses, eyes similarly apart, with complementary immune systems. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Most poor people in America are white. The family breakdown issue is an issue that crosses all sorts of racial lines. High… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I sort of feel we have to owe some respect to the process and owe some respect to the electorate and the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Some people think humility is thinking lowly of yourself. Some people think it's not thinking about yourself. But, to me, the best… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There will just always be a distance between you and the people around you. Now, [Hillary Clinton] can clearly emotionally connect with… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have often known… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want some change. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People ask, quite legitimately, why [Betsy] DeVos and why not a lot of the others? But it's because it has to do… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The people who really have character make deep, unshakable connections to something outside themselves. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The technology's going to change, but what people want to read is going to be basically the same. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that being in the Trump Cabinet will be a very important job. I do think this will be a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump is just tweeting about a union guy, then he's just being the bully we have seen. But if he… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Israel is a country of six million people. They need the U.S. It used to be bipartisan on Israeli politics. You never… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. They have some issue. They have some interest. It… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We have an international system. We all profit from it. Trade profits from it. Peace. We can travel around the world because… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive [Stanley] Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you're running a successful administration, then you're loyal to people who are basically good who make a mistake. And that seems… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Some children lack tools to see their course in the world in far-sighted ways. Just introducing school vouchers won't change that. You… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The idea that when you correct a fact, you erase that fact from people's memories is the reverse of the truth. When… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People generally don't suffer high rates of PTSD after natural disasters. Instead, people suffer from PTSD after moral atrocities. Soldiers who've endured… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The incumbents just have a ton more money because they have rigged the system to help themselves, because they have these networks… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the… — David Brooks Copy Share
When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be… — David Brooks Copy Share
“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences,… — David Brooks Copy Share
We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for… — David Brooks Copy Share
I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success. — David Brooks Copy Share
If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the… — David Brooks Copy Share
Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance. — David Brooks Copy Share
Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right. — David Brooks Copy Share
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall… — David Brooks Copy Share
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have… — David Brooks Copy Share
Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party. He is… — David Brooks Copy Share
“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.” — David Brooks Copy Share
I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life. — David Brooks Copy Share
![“There has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos to the airports. We have offended the world. We have derailed the administration. We have done it in such an incompetent way, the administration has…” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6dc/david-brooks-644_administration_there-has-never-been-evidence-that-peopl_3042619.jpg)
![“There will just always be a distance between you and the people around you. Now, [Hillary Clinton] can clearly emotionally connect with her intimates within the zone of trust. It's just the wall outside the zone of trust is so impermeable.” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/515/david-brooks-644_clinton_there-will-just-always-be-a-distance-bet_3111339.png)
![“People ask, quite legitimately, why [Betsy] DeVos and why not a lot of the others? But it's because it has to do with the special interest groups that run a lot of Washington.” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/727/david-brooks-644_asks_people-ask-quite-legitimately-why-betsy_1876149.jpg)
![“Israel is a country of six million people. They need the U.S. It used to be bipartisan on Israeli politics. You never messed with that relationship. The fact that [ Benjamin] Netanyahu is willing to do that, I thought would horrify voters more than it turned out it did.” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/100/david-brooks-644_bipartisan_israel-is-a-country-of-six-million-peopl_1170579.png)
![“It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive [Stanley] Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f17/david-brooks-644_able_it-s-almost-inherent-but-i-m-a-massive-s_2765278.png)
