David Brooks may refer to:
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.
The more people doubt their own beliefs the more, paradoxically, they are inclined to proselytize in favor of them.
If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.
Putin is someone who has been undermining the norms of what we consider the world order since he got into power and in increasing success.
Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U. S. ," or, "Hey, I'm essential to the world order. "
Fundamentalism is still on the march.
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall Street and be a hero
If done correctly, these techniques can allow the Bobo pilgrim to have 6 unforgettable moments a morning, 2 rapturous experiences over lunch, 1,5 profound insights in the afternoon (on average), and. 667 life-altering epiphanies after each sunset.
The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.
. . . trash talk. . . Washington floats on a river of aspersion.
Obamacare is woven into the fabric of health care. It's very hard to just rip it out, as Donald Trump sort of acknowledged with The Wall Street Journal.
With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that department.
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.
The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.
It's a completely irrational decision to drop out of school.
Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.
I would like to see an animating passion. Tim Kaine actually had a good line. What animated you before you got into politics? And she actually does have a story there to tell about children. And so drawing that animating passion will do good.
People who don't like Trump really don't like Trump. And I guess I'm among them.
There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.