On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but… — David Brooks Agree Copy Share Image
The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world,… — David Brooks Being a teacher Copy Share Image
“Western thought has emphasized individual action, permanent character traits, formal logic, and clearly delineated categories. For an even longer period, Asian thought… — David Brooks Character trait Copy Share Image
If done correctly, these techniques can allow the Bobo pilgrim to have 6 unforgettable moments a morning, 2 rapturous experiences over lunch,… — David Brooks Afternoon Copy Share Image
It's just a lot safer to be an incumbent. So I think they have used the campaign finance reforms. They have passed… — David Brooks Campaign finance Copy Share Image
Stairway to Wisdom”) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data… — David Brooks Accounts Copy Share Image
“Angela Duckworth has shown how important grit and perseverance are to lifetime outcomes. College students who report that they finish whatever they… — David Brooks Character Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] will be the one on offense. He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff… — David Brooks Controlling things Copy Share Image
I would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control. — David Brooks Littles Copy Share Image
You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out… — David Brooks Common Copy Share Image
If I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have… — David Brooks America Copy Share Image
“Modern society has created a giant apparatus for the cultivation of the hard skills, while failing to develop the moral and emotional… — David Brooks Children Copy Share Image
The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens… — David Brooks Bigs Copy Share Image
[Betsy DeVos] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the… — David Brooks Block Copy Share Image
I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent… — David Brooks Addresses Copy Share Image
“I believe we inherit a great river of knowledge, a flow of patterns coming from many sources. The information that comes from… — David Brooks Biology Copy Share Image
It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis… — David Brooks Blame Copy Share Image
We know the 65-point policy points, to the extent that they exist, but is Hillary Clinton willing to be vulnerable, is she… — David Brooks Clinton Copy Share Image
People ask, quite legitimately, why [Betsy] DeVos and why not a lot of the others? But it's because it has to do… — David Brooks Asks Copy Share Image
We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could… — David Brooks Claims Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you go - you achieve a few things in life. I have achieved more career success than I ever experienced or… — David Brooks Achieve Copy Share Image
I'm not the most emotionally attuned guy in the world. My wife says that me writing about emotion is like Gandhi writing… — David Brooks Emotion Copy Share Image
What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out… — David Brooks Borders Copy Share Image
What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin. — David Brooks Administration Copy Share Image
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