--- title: "15 Has beens Quotes By David Brooks" description: "15 Has beens quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Has beens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/david-brooks-644_america_i-think-globalization-has-been-really-go_621066.png" --- > [I think globalization has been really good for America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-globalization-has-been-really-good-for-america/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/david-brooks-644_america_i-think-globalization-has-been-really-go_621066.png) > [ On the \[Andrew\] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-there-has-been-a-double-standard/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/david-brooks-644_agree_on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-th_1479464.png) > [Certainly, the country can't have two presidents at once, so the tradition has been to hang back if you're the president-elect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/certainly-the-country-can-t-have-two-presidents-at-once-so-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/david-brooks-644_country_certainly-the-country-can-t-have-two-pre_2648045.jpg) > [Jeff Sessions has some problematic spots on his history, but he has been a pretty normal, respectable senator, more conservative than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/jeff-sessions-has-some-problematic-spots-on-his-history-but-he-has/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/david-brooks-644_conservative_jeff-sessions-has-some-problematic-spots_1316905.png) > [Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/trade-has-suddenly-become-massively-unpopular-i-think-that-s/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/david-brooks-644_america_trade-has-suddenly-become-massively-unpo_72430.png) > [Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor-he-s-been-a-senator-he-s-one/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/david-brooks-644_democratic_tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor_108241.jpg) > [Putin is someone who has been undermining the norms of what we consider the world order since he got into power and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/putin-is-someone-who-has-been-undermining-the-norms-of-what-we/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/david-brooks-644_has-beens_putin-is-someone-who-has-been-underminin_547871.png) > [Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/every-white-house-i-have-covered-since-reagan-when-i-got-here-power/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/david-brooks-644_covered_every-white-house-i-have-covered-since-r_1140032.jpg) > [Putin has been - and with a lot of the groups, the conservative groups, the more extreme conservative groups that underlie Trump,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/putin-has-been-and-with-a-lot-of-the-groups-the-conservative-groups/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/david-brooks-644_bits_putin-has-been-and-with-a-lot-of-the-gro_1197172.png) > [The incumbents just have a ton more money because they have rigged the system to help themselves, because they have these networks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-money-because-they-have-rigged/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/david-brooks-644_amount_the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-mone_3038921.jpg) > [Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/students-are-too-busy-jumping-through-the-next-hurdle-in-the-r-sum/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/david-brooks-644_busy_students-are-too-busy-jumping-through-th_2827276.jpg) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/it-s-almost-inherent-but-i-m-a-massive-stanley-kubrick-fan-i-m-a-big/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/david-brooks-644_able_it-s-almost-inherent-but-i-m-a-massive-s_2765278.png) > [ There has never been evidence that people from these \[banned\] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/there-has-never-been-evidence-that-people-from-these-banned-countries/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/david-brooks-644_administration_there-has-never-been-evidence-that-peopl_3042619.jpg) > [Bill Clinton pandered by telling you what you wanted to hear. John Kerry panders by never telling you what you don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/bill-clinton-pandered-by-telling-you-what-you-wanted-to-hear-john/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/david-brooks-644_ambiguity_bill-clinton-pandered-by-telling-you-wha_210866.jpg) > [ With a normal president like President \[Barack\] Obama, he says a word, and that's because there has been some thought that he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/with-a-normal-president-like-president-barack-obama-he-says-a-word/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/david-brooks-644_adviser_with-a-normal-president-like-president-b_2352361.png) ## Other authors on Has beens ## More by David Brooks > [The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-brain-is-not-the-mind-it-is-probably-impossible-to-look-at-a-map/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/when-you-re-running-for-president-you-re-a-guest-in-the-living-room/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-ve-come-to-think-that-flourishing-consists-of-putting-yourself-in/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-have-rapidly-increasing-technology-which-is-making-life-very-good/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-will-be-regarded-more-failure/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-you-know-that-most-processing-is-below-the-level-of-awareness-you/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/trade-has-suddenly-become-massively-unpopular-i-think-that-s/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/politics-is-based-on-social-identity-and-so-again-there-is-going-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Pain now is better than pain deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/pain-now-is-better-than-pain-deferred/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/it-s-worth-noting-that-you-can-devote-your-life-to-community-service/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-it-feels-all-right-for-you-it-s-probably-ok/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-donald-trump-is-a-fundamentally-unstabilizing-force-and/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor-he-s-been-a-senator-he-s-one/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/women-in-general-are-less-visually-aroused-than-men-a-trait-that-has/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-wasn-t-born-with-a-tie-or-with-mark-shields-stapled-to-my-left-hip/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/has-beens/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "15 Has beens Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think globalization has been really good for America.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-globalization-has-been-really-good-for-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/david-brooks-644_america_i-think-globalization-has-been-really-go_621066.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/david-brooks-644_america_i-think-globalization-has-been-really-go_621066.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/david-brooks-644_america_i-think-globalization-has-been-really-go_621066.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think globalization has been really good for America.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the [Andrew] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-there-has-been-a-double-standard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/david-brooks-644_agree_on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-th_1479464.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/david-brooks-644_agree_on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-th_1479464.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/david-brooks-644_agree_on-the-andrew-puzder-point-i-do-agree-th_1479464.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On the [Andrew] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Certainly, the country can't have two presidents at once, so the tradition has been to hang back if you're the president-elect and wait for your time in office. 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Meanwhile, the amount of people, the incumbents being reelected has just been - that has been going up and up and up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-money-because-they-have-rigged/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/david-brooks-644_amount_the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-mone_3038921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/david-brooks-644_amount_the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-mone_3038921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/david-brooks-644_amount_the-incumbents-just-have-a-ton-more-mone_3038921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The incumbents just have a ton more money because they have rigged the system to help themselves, because…” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are too frantic tasting everything on the smorgasbord to have life-altering encounters. They have a terror of closing off options. 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