Donald Trump is sort of an Orwellian figure, an authoritarian figure who is twisting words in an Orwellian manner, "1984," to exercise… — David Brooks Ego Copy Share Image
On the larger issue of the travel ban, our friend Charles Krauthammer of The Washington Post I think put it pretty well.… — David Brooks Bans Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Age Copy Share Image
You figure out, what is the crucial issue facing the country right now? And for Trump, it was that the global economy… — David Brooks Country Copy Share Image
Some people think humility is thinking lowly of yourself. Some people think it's not thinking about yourself. But, to me, the best… — David Brooks About yourself Copy Share Image
I take a benign view of digital connectedness. I notice in most young people's lives, Facebook and such doesn't replace normal dating… — David Brooks Benign Copy Share Image
“If the article mentions some celebrity-perhaps a recently dead politician-the author will want to mention some pointless detail from her last meeting… — David Brooks Books Copy Share Image
“Julia's sexual tastes were more influenced by culture than Rob's. Men want to do the same sexual acts regardless of education levels,… — David Brooks Educated women Copy Share Image
We live in a culture of a big me. We're encouraged - we raise our kids to think how great they are,… — David Brooks Bigs Copy Share Image
“There must be some supreme creative energy, he thought, that can take love and turn it into synapses and then take a… — David Brooks Creative energy Copy Share Image
I want to limit the effects of the power of donors, no question about it. — David Brooks Donors Copy Share Image
“Friends usually bring out better versions of each other. People feel unguarded and fluid with their close friends.” — David Brooks Close friends Copy Share Image
The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of… — David Brooks Accomplished Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump is just tweeting about a union guy, then he's just being the bully we have seen. But if he… — David Brooks Bully Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women. — David Brooks Treated Copy Share Image
“Male desire is pretty steady and only dips in response to some invisible awareness of their partner's menstrual cycles. Studies in strip… — David Brooks Strip club Copy Share Image
I'm a pundit. I'm, like, paid to be a narcissistic blowhard and be in front of the camera. — David Brooks Blowhards Copy Share Image
Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest. — David Brooks Character Copy Share Image
If you grow up in a home where actions don't lead to predictable consequences, you don't develop strategies to control your impulses. — David Brooks Action Copy Share Image
A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants… — David Brooks Choices Copy Share Image
If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should… — David Brooks Confirmation Copy Share Image
“they both affected discerning connoisseurship over extremely prosaic things such as hamburgers and iced tea.” — David Brooks Iced tea Copy Share Image
The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That's the natural genetic reaction. — David Brooks Hatred Copy Share Image
For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the Sanders-Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to… — David Brooks Clear Copy Share Image
