Problem Quotes by David Brooks

12 Problem quotes by David Brooks

David Brooks looks at problems through a cultural and moral prism, asking what they say about our shared values. Twelve concise reflections show his skill at connecting personal experience with broader societal currents.

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If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working…

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Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed…

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“Government is not the only solution, but it is also not the only problem.”

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Some people think humility is thinking lowly of yourself. Some people think it's not thinking about yourself. But, to me, the best…

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Through American history, we have had populist movements that often, often, often have this ugly racial element. But, often, there are warning…

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When your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have…

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The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but…

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The roots of great innovation are never just in the technology itself. They are always in the wider historical context. They require…

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When you talk about the problem of illegal immigration, people are angry and polarized. When you talk about the answers, the debate…

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The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem…

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Stairway to Wisdom”) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data…

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The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens…

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The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the…

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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…

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“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,…

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We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for…

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I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.

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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…

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Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.

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Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.

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Pain now is better than pain deferred.

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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…

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If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK.

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I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have…

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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…

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“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.”

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I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.

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