David Brooks
David Brooks
Conservative political columnist for the New York Times. He also wrote for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and provided political commentary for National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHour.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
David Brooks quotes about
writing brain levels
The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level.
choices emotion educate
We have the choice to choose how we're going to educate our emotions.
thinking two people
I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but no limits. But you let people decide.The other is just have a national public system.
media culture jackals
I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do.
ties shields hips
I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.
thinking small-numbers talking
No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a very small number of very rich people, but by reaching out to a very large number of citizens.
country gun worry
There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health.
running thinking years
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 to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they're not going to vote for you even if they agree with you.
art emotional giving
We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences.
running interesting people
When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got to stay interesting.
feelings weight might
When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward.
civilization president faults
If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.
military order play
America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might.
focus inward slipping
When your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have got internal problems, there's a tendency to turn inward and to focus on yourselves.