--- title: "13 Two Quotes By David Brooks" description: "13 Two quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Two sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-brooks-644_behavior_two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good_2916613.png" --- > [Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good-behavior/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-brooks-644_behavior_two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good_2916613.png) > [Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/putin-s-an-egomaniac-so-there-are-two-ways-he-can-process-his-ego/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/david-brooks-644_ego_putin-s-an-egomaniac-so-there-are-two-wa_3150216.jpg) > [ Of those two \[Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump\], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-i-do-think-that-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.png) > [Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/almost-every-successful-person-begins-with-two-beliefs-the-future-can/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/david-brooks-644_being-successful_almost-every-successful-person-begins-wi_1118179.png) > [ I'm beginning to think \[Ted\] Cruz had a good convention, that if \[Donald\] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-m-beginning-to-think-ted-cruz-had-a-good-convention-that-if-donald/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/david-brooks-644_conventions_i-m-beginning-to-think-ted-cruz-had-a-go_674746.jpg) > [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) > [Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/donald-trump-tried-to-set-up-this-debate-where-it-was-going-to-be/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/david-brooks-644_debate_donald-trump-tried-to-set-up-this-debate_3132659.jpg) > [You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/you-have-got-to-have-two-things-in-education-reform-you-have-got-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/david-brooks-644_common_you-have-got-to-have-two-things-in-educa_1788492.jpg) > [ \[Donald Trump\] will be the one on offense. He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense-he-will-be-the-one-serving/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/david-brooks-644_controlling-things_donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense_1771740.jpg) > [We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-shouldn-t-just-allow-gay-marriage-we-should-insist-on-gay-marriage/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/david-brooks-644_claims_we-shouldn-t-just-allow-gay-marriage-we_1877455.png) > [ President-elect \[Donald\] Trump's ambassador to Israel is further to the right than almost anyone in Israel, further to the right than Bibi… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/president-elect-donald-trump-s-ambassador-to-israel-is-further-to-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/david-brooks-644_ambassadors_president-elect-donald-trump-s-ambassado_2861835.png) > [I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-there-are-two-basic-approaches-you-can-use-for-campaign/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/david-brooks-644_approach_i-think-there-are-two-basic-approaches-y_2118615.png) > [People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/people-used-to-complain-that-selling-a-president-was-like-selling-a/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/david-brooks-644_cleanliness_people-used-to-complain-that-selling-a-p_3226217.jpg) ## Other authors on Two ## 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/two/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "13 Two Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good-behavior/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-brooks-644_behavior_two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good_2916613.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-brooks-644_behavior_two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good_2916613.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-brooks-644_behavior_two-terrible-behaviors-don-t-make-a-good_2916613.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. 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He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff about the Russians, but he will be controlling things a little more than he probably did over the last two weeks.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense-he-will-be-the-one-serving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/david-brooks-644_controlling-things_donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense_1771740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/david-brooks-644_controlling-things_donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense_1771740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/david-brooks-644_controlling-things_donald-trump-will-be-the-one-on-offense_1771740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Donald Trump] will be the one on offense. 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