It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school. — David Brooks Decision Copy Share Image
“Harrison had turned social awkwardness into a form of social power.” — David Brooks Awkwardness Copy Share Image
It's always dangerous to overinterpret what Donald Trump says at any one moment. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy. — David Brooks Attention Copy Share Image
When you get a big crisis, everyone wants somebody with some experience and some credibility. — David Brooks Credibility Copy Share Image
Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq. — David Brooks Iraq Copy Share Image
The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level. — David Brooks Autobiography Copy Share Image
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… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“a statement by Bertrand Russell ... embodies the tone of heroic denunciation that you can muster only if you have drunk deeply… — David Brooks Denunciation Copy Share Image
The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but… — David Brooks Country Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is this whirling dervish of chaos. He picked a fight with Mexico. Germany is not far behind. He will pick… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety. — David Brooks Commanders Copy Share Image
People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least… — David Brooks Cleanliness Copy Share Image
The three people who are most often talked about with Hillary Clinton, whether it's Tim Kaine or Vilsack or Cory Booker, they… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce,… — David Brooks America 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 Bully 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 Administration Copy Share Image
“Sadness, lack of recognition, and loneliness turn into bitterness. When people believe that their identity is unrecognized, it feels like injustice—because it… — David Brooks Anger Copy Share Image
Sometime over the past generation we became less likely to object to something because it is immoral and more likely to object… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It's the rising tide of enmity in the country, Donald Trump attacking judges, Donald Trump attacking John McCain, Senator [Richard] Blumenthal, the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Your DVD collection is organized, and so is your walk-in closet. Your car is clean and vacuumed, your frequently dialed numbers are… — David Brooks America Copy Share Image
“I had thought that the magic of the information age was that it allowed us to know more, but then I realized… — David Brooks Information age Copy Share Image
I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion. — David Brooks Champion Copy Share Image
“It is possible to have a complex human relationship without words” — David Brooks Human relationship Copy Share Image
President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election. — David Brooks Election Copy Share Image
That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy. — David Brooks Balance Copy Share Image
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. — David Brooks American politics Copy Share Image
Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
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