"If you do something really cognitively demanding, like……" — David Brooks
"If you do something really cognitively demanding, like buying furniture, it turns out buying furniture is one of the most difficult things we do. Go into a furniture store and look at a sofa."
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74 Quotes by David Brooks
David Brooks has 74 quotes on this site.
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We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two…
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People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap,…
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I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused…
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To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a…
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How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one…
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A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom…
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People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.
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We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love…
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Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which…
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The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive…
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The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born.
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It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The…
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More Buying Quotes
This quote is filed under Buying Quotes,
one of 804 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Buying is a profound pleasure.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
— Ed Begley, Jr.
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be…
— Lewis Black
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
— Roy Blount, Jr.
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Collecting is more than just buying objects.
— Eli Broad
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the…
— Joyce Brothers
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
— Warren Buffett
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I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want…
— Sandra Bullock
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