Quote

The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That's the natural genetic reaction.

David Brooks

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Brooks
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 22
Editor
Journalist
Politician
Pundit
City of Toronto
Reactions
Revenge
Hatred
Natural
Human
Humans
Greet
Genetic
Reaction

More quotes by David Brooks

Image
Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going to be the nationalists. But, if anything, the Democrats looked more patriotic and more nationalist at the end of these two.
David Brooks
Image
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind.
David Brooks
Image
The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.
David Brooks
Image
Freedom without structure is its own slavery.
David Brooks
Image
Most poor people in America are white. The family breakdown issue is an issue that crosses all sorts of racial lines. High school dropout issues. But because of the flow of events which involve the racial component, we've sometimes confused racial issues with other issues which are trans-racial.
David Brooks
Image
It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.
David Brooks
Image
Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest.
David Brooks
Image
Donald Trump's being authentic to what he ran on and what got elected.
David Brooks
Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.
David Brooks
Image
As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.
David Brooks
Image
I'm not a kicker and a screamer.
David Brooks
Image
Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.
David Brooks
Image
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.
David Brooks
Image
Through American history, we have had populist movements that often, often, often have this ugly racial element. But, often, there are warning signs of some deeper social and economic problem.
David Brooks
Image
To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
David Brooks
Image
Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.
David Brooks
Image
How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character.
David Brooks
Image
It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?
David Brooks
Image
When a president speaks that usually means a lot.
David Brooks
Image
I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really good at talking about material things, really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count, really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior.
David Brooks