If you withdraw from the game, you're out of the game. And we have withdrawn from the game. And we said Bashar… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascinating figure.We say Nixonian about a lot of people. He really is Nixonian. He's brilliant. He's very isolated… — David Brooks Brilliant Copy Share Image
Jeff Sessions has some problematic spots on his history, but he has been a pretty normal, respectable senator, more conservative than a… — David Brooks Conservative Copy Share Image
“The main job of radicals in the Noam Chomsky or G. Gordon Liddy mode is to go around from one scruffy lecture… — David Brooks Noam Chomsky 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
The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular… — David Brooks Class Copy Share Image
The ugliness can sometimes be super ugly, but also a warning sign of something down below. — David Brooks Sometimes Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is going to find it very hard to do the kind of massive change he wants. — David Brooks Change Copy Share Image
When you're in governance, you understand the limitations and the complexities of governance. — David Brooks Complexity Copy Share Image
As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place… — David Brooks Cameras Copy Share Image
We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do… — David Brooks Art Copy Share Image
I generally think the president [Donald Trump] should get his Cabinet picks, unless they're egregiously out of the range, either ethically or… — David Brooks Acceptable Copy Share Image
I don't blame the Democrats for fighting. They have got a very energized base. And there is a lot to complain about… — David Brooks Blame Copy Share Image
It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward? — David Brooks Asks Copy Share Image
The message of the summoned life is that you don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to… — David Brooks Circumstances Copy Share Image
If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a… — David Brooks Anxiety Copy Share Image
There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have… — David Brooks Complicated Copy Share Image
I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan… — David Brooks Bills Copy Share Image
Liberals lost touch with working-class Americans because they never had to have a conversation about values with those voters; they could just… — David Brooks Class Copy Share Image
What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way. — David Brooks Born Copy Share Image
“Flourishing depends on unconscious skills that serve as a pre-requisite for conscious accomplishments.” — David Brooks Equality 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
We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness. — David Brooks Awareness Copy Share Image
I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other… — David Brooks Conscious Copy Share Image
Politics really is a team sport. You really have to work the whole system to get somewhere down the road. — David Brooks Politics Copy Share Image
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