--- title: "17 Want Quotes By David Brooks" description: "17 Want quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/david-brooks-644_ambition_i-want-to-make-big-films-that-s-always-b_1092124.png" --- > [I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-want-to-make-big-films-that-s-always-been-my-ambition/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/david-brooks-644_ambition_i-want-to-make-big-films-that-s-always-b_1092124.png) > [I want to limit the effects of the power of donors, no question about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-want-to-limit-the-effects-of-the-power-of-donors-no-question-about/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/david-brooks-644_donors_i-want-to-limit-the-effects-of-the-power_1998073.png) > [The technology's going to change, but what people want to read is going to be basically the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-technology-s-going-to-change-but-what-people-want-to-read-is/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/david-brooks-644_change_the-technology-s-going-to-change-but-wha_886630.png) > [People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/people-want-reality-that-tells-them-how-right-they-are-all-the-time/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/david-brooks-644_how_people-want-reality-that-tells-them-how_1154797.png) > [I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-want-to-try-to-make-big-films-that-hopefully-connect-with-people/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/david-brooks-644_bigs_i-want-to-try-to-make-big-films-that-hop_327097.png) > [People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/people-want-a-reality-that-tells-them-they-re-right-all-of-the-time/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/david-brooks-644_inspirational_people-want-a-reality-that-tells-them-th_3188453.png) > [I think Donald Trump is going to find it very hard to do the kind of massive change he wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-donald-trump-is-going-to-find-it-very-hard-to-do-the-kind-of/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/david-brooks-644_change_i-think-donald-trump-is-going-to-find-it_1333055.png) > [I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want some change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-pivoted-and-say-i-am-change-i/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/david-brooks-644_change_i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-p_1037434.png) > [If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-we-re-in-some-sort-of-hobbesian-state-of-nature-where-you-just/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/david-brooks-644_compassion_if-we-re-in-some-sort-of-hobbesian-state_2469229.png) > [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) > [A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/a-wise-soul-once-declared-that-the-ultimate-power-of-the-writer-is/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/david-brooks-644_choice_a-wise-soul-once-declared-that-the-ultim_2053347.png) > [The message of the summoned life is that you don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-message-of-the-summoned-life-is-that-you-don-t-need-to-panic-if/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/david-brooks-644_circumstances_the-message-of-the-summoned-life-is-that_1379970.png) > [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) > [You have a country that is 20 percent liberal, 40 percent conservative. You have a country where maybe 22 percent have faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/you-have-a-country-that-is-20-percent-liberal-40-percent-conservative/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/david-brooks-644_conservative_you-have-a-country-that-is-20-percent-li_256118.png) > [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) > [This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/this-death-cult-has-no-reason-and-is-beyond-negotiation-this-is-what/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/david-brooks-644_causes_this-death-cult-has-no-reason-and-is-bey_346618.jpg) > [I just think, realistically, there's a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-just-think-realistically-there-s-a-lot-of-room-outside-the-trump/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/david-brooks-644_believe_i-just-think-realistically-there-s-a-lot_2986388.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to make big films. 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