I've observed a few things about the few really great people I've had a chance to meet and cover...They need to be… — David Brooks Chance Copy Share Image
Who could have predicted this, that the presidency is kind of a hard job? Nobody knew that. I also like the fact… — David Brooks Hard job 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
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. — David Brooks Amount 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
Just, as I have traveled around from school to school, whether it's project-based learning or an outward bound curriculum, it's very hard… — David Brooks Bounds Copy Share Image
The technology's going to change, but what people want to read is going to be basically the same. — David Brooks Change Copy Share Image
This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decision-making , a romantic interlude in the… — David Brooks Aliens Copy Share Image
The idea that a big country is going to go out and send troops into some country to take their resources, and… — David Brooks Bigs Copy Share Image
My SUV, assuming Hummer comes out with a model for those who find the current ones too cramped, will look something like… — David Brooks Assuming Copy Share Image
“The only thing that remained distinct about Grace, through it all, was his equipoise. He never lost his cool. He never snapped… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Russian hackers interfered in our elections, and we like penalized a few of them. Whatever they're doing underground, we don't know. No,… — David Brooks Barack Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness,” the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, said, “is a soil in which pride does not easily grow.”9” — David Brooks Gratitude Copy Share Image
Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge. — David Brooks Collaboration Copy Share Image
I happen to think most people go into government do it for the right reasons and they really do things as they… — David Brooks Government Copy Share Image
“she enjoyed her continued glimpses into the inner workings of world affairs. She often would sit back in the middle of some… — David Brooks Intelligence Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, so whether it's unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others. — David Brooks Judging Copy Share Image
I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion. — David Brooks Champion Copy Share Image
The teachers union may not like Betsy DeVos, but she's clearly within the range of Republican policy-makers. — David Brooks Makers Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that being in the Trump Cabinet will be a very important job. I do think this will be a… — David Brooks Family 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
