Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have often known each other since prep school. This makes it gossipy and often incestuous.
David Brooks
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
David Brooks
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 22
Editor
Journalist
Politician
Pundit
City of Toronto
Political
Britain
School
London
Live
Blessed
Gossipy
People
Since
Incestuous
Known
Preps
Culture
Prep
Often
Functioning
Makes
Dominated
More quotes by David Brooks
I'm not a kicker and a screamer.
David Brooks
I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would hope, and, if I didn't, what can I do tomorrow to be a little better, I do think we can improve. We get better at life as we get older.
David Brooks
I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator.
David Brooks
I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable.
David Brooks
I sort of feel we have to owe some respect to the process and owe some respect to the electorate and the people who voted Donald Trump, on the assumption that they have something to teach us.
David Brooks
Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.
David Brooks
If Donald Trump wants to fire somebody for not getting Obamacare repealed, he should fire himself.
David Brooks
I am not a Jew for Jesus but I am definitely a Jew for Christmas. Christmas is one of the best things you Christians have given us, along with mac and cheese, Bono, croquet and politeness.
David Brooks
Barack Obama won such a big electoral mandate because a lot of people thought he was - transcended partisan and ideological barriers and was going to put aside the old debates. So, he was able to get a lot of moderates and a lot of independents.
David Brooks
Donald Trump has a pre-modern monarchic family structure. His business is a monarchy with family members all around. His administration is a monarchy with family members all around.
David Brooks
I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.
David Brooks
Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.
David Brooks
It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive Stanley Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.
David Brooks
The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.
David Brooks
It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?
David Brooks
I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but they are taking huge cuts, by pretending they're just block-granting it to the states, out of Medicaid, from the least fortunate.
David Brooks
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.
David Brooks
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have to take some measures at some point.
David Brooks
If you're running a successful administration, then you're loyal to people who are basically good who make a mistake. And that seems to be essential for any organization. And it should be essential if this were a normal administration, rather than a fiefdom, where everybody simply tries to give Donald Trump a good headline every day.
David Brooks
The madman theory is that you can be a successful deterrer if you - if they think you could be crazy. And so I think it can be very effective, so long as you're not actually crazy.
David Brooks
