It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school. — David Brooks Decision Copy Share Image
I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So… — David Brooks Describing Copy Share Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. — David Brooks Altruistic Copy Share Image
I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy. — David Brooks Attention Copy Share Image
Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq. — David Brooks Iraq Copy Share Image
The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level. — David Brooks Autobiography Copy Share Image
People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time. — David Brooks How Copy Share Image
“It is possible to have a complex human relationship without words” — David Brooks Human relationship Copy Share Image
President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election. — David Brooks Election Copy Share Image
One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our… — David Brooks Bases Copy Share Image
Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots… — David Brooks Collars Copy Share Image
Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent. — David Brooks Consistent Copy Share Image
“You can't really know God if you ignore his laws, especially the ones that regulate the most intimate spheres of life. You… — David Brooks Life Copy Share Image
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… — David Brooks Agree 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
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety. — David Brooks Commanders Copy Share Image
The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but… — David Brooks Country Copy Share Image
It's the rising tide of enmity in the country, Donald Trump attacking judges, Donald Trump attacking John McCain, Senator [Richard] Blumenthal, the… — David Brooks Attacking Copy Share Image
Your DVD collection is organized, and so is your walk-in closet. Your car is clean and vacuumed, your frequently dialed numbers are… — David Brooks America Copy Share Image
There has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos… — David Brooks Administration Copy Share Image
“Sadness, lack of recognition, and loneliness turn into bitterness. When people believe that their identity is unrecognized, it feels like injustice—because it… — David Brooks Anger Copy Share Image
Sometime over the past generation we became less likely to object to something because it is immoral and more likely to object… — David Brooks Chocolate Copy Share Image
[Mitch Daniels] was not a bad governor. He could be playful, but - or communicator.I'm just saying it will - I think… — David Brooks Assuming Copy Share Image
Donald Trump understands sense of belonging. And a lot of people think globalization, any time you make any particularity, you're sort of… — David Brooks Belonging Copy Share Image
“The wise person is there not to be walked over but to stand up for the actual truth, to call the other… — David Brooks Confrontation Copy Share Image
We actually have to have a government. We have to have people confirmed and put into office. — David Brooks Government Copy Share Image
The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court. — David Brooks Character Copy Share Image
It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients. — David Brooks Democratic Copy Share Image
That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy. — David Brooks Balance Copy Share Image
Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. — David Brooks Democratic 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
You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos. — David Brooks Chaos Copy Share Image
It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well. — David Brooks Administration Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump wants to fire somebody for not getting Obamacare repealed, he should fire himself. — David Brooks Donald trump Copy Share Image
“Government is not the only solution, but it is also not the only problem.” — David Brooks Government Copy Share Image
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