“Deciding whom to love is an inherently emotional business.” — David Brooks Business Copy Share Image
It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school. — David Brooks Decision Copy Share Image
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. — David Brooks American politics 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
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 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
We actually have to have a government. We have to have people confirmed and put into office. — David Brooks Government 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
“It is possible to have a complex human relationship without words” — David Brooks Human relationship 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 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 Copy Share Image
What Bannon and Trump have presented us with is an idea of America that's not been the traditional idea, not the Walt… — David Brooks Abraham Copy Share Image
The government is supposed to provide a level playing field where people can compete fairly. It's not supposed to cut deals with… — David Brooks Company 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 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 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
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even… — David Brooks 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 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 Copy Share Image
I just think, realistically, there's a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the things I think about with Donald Trump is what are his words actually attached to? With Trump, I'm not… — David Brooks Argument Copy Share Image
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen seem to have no respect for the institutions that were created after World War… — David Brooks Alliances Copy Share Image
I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but… — David Brooks 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
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
“Many of these policies were proposed by wonks who are comfortable only with traits and correlations that can be measured and quantified.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“In times of crisis, you get a public reaction that is incoherence on stilts. On the one hand, most people know that… — David Brooks Business 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
“A few minutes after they left, Harold bought the blanket from his bed, surrounded himself with his stuffed-toy animals, and built a… — David Brooks Childhood Copy Share Image
“This starchy formality is not in vogue today. We carry ourselves in ways that are more natural and relaxed. We worry about… — David Brooks Courage Copy Share Image
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