David Brooks Quotes (25 Quotes)

We ought to give people who don't want to go back to New Orleans the means to disperse into middle-class areas nationwide.

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.

For one of our Rogue movies targeted at young men, we absolutely have to invest in the Internet. But if we're going after audiences over 30, the habits of 10 years ago still work fine.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

The White House has to be breathing a sigh of relief, and the American people have to know that the wave of hysteria, the wave of paranoia, the wave of charges and allegations about Karl Rove and everybody else so far is unsupported by facts,

Obsessing that much about your children is rational and it pays off.

It gave the offensive line the confidence they needed and they started getting better as the game went on. He's just a punishing runner. It hurts to tackle him. We don't get any negative yardage when he runs the ball because he is such a powerful runner.

There's a collapse in the public's faith in American institutions. The media has done a poor job. We've become as insular and self-regarding as any other institution.

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

It's been a tough summer for the adult audience. They're champing at the bit to find something fresh. This was a great opportunity to kick off for a couple of weeks with no competition.

People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.

People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.

In 2005 we witnessed in excess of a fivefold increase in the amounts invested by foreign buyers from developing countries such as China and India in the UK market.

Nothing in this complaint has been reviewed by anyone in the party for approval or advice.

People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.

Fishing and hunting are the area's bread and butter. A lot of businesses live and die with the seasons. We've always been known for deer, but those numbers have been declining. Fishing is more reliable.

There's a little bit more sign of government's standing back and allowing cross-border deals to happen, more tolerance on pan-European deals.

All that David Brooks has left is his truck. His house, on Beach Boulevard, Pascagoula, separated from the sea only by the road itself, has disappeared. Only the green steps up to his porch remain, and an enormous quagmire of splintered wood, plus a toilet seat. Where his bedroom once stood, three Christmas tree baubles gleam amongst the sludge, golden and unscathed -- a bizarre scene. They're from a friend's house, ... Three streets away.

This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.

I've got a better idea. At a given moment why don't you shout 'Hands in the air if you love hip hop' and then we'll all do it. I have visions of entire open plan offices coming to a halt whilst their workers sit there with their hands in the air. Also, then we can identify fellow OBO readers, the guy next to me might be reading this, but like me, he's going to great lengths not to be observed. Those not in the know will be confused.

Pedigreed elite used to be based on noble birth and breeding. Now it's genius that enables you to join the elect.

We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep school manners, the aristocratic calm, the Skull and Bones mystery, the dappled lawns stretching before New England summer homes. How else can you explain the Bush vs. Kerry match-up that confronts us this year