Quotes of David Brooks - somelinesforyou

“ Great creative minds think like artists but work like accountants. ”

- David Brooks

“ We are all stumblers, and the beauty and meaning of life are in the stumbling. ”

- David Brooks

“ Pride makes us more certain and closed-minded than we should be. ”

- David Brooks

“ This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decisionmaking, a romantic interlude in the midst of normal life. Instead, decisions about whom to love are more intense versions of the sorts of decisions we make throughout the course of our existence, from what kind of gelato to order to what career to pursue. Living is an inherently emotional business. ”

- David Brooks

“ Across the centuries the moral systems from medival chivalry to Bruce Springsteen love anthems have worked the same basic way. They take immediate selfish interests and enmesh them within transcendent, spiritual meanings. Love becomes a holy cause, an act of selfsacrifice and selfless commitment. But texting and the utilitarian mindset are naturally corrosive toward poetry and imagination. A coat of ironic detachment is required for anyone who hopes to withstand the brutal feedback of the marketplace. In today's world, the choice of a Prius can be a more sanctified act than the choice of an erotic partner. This does not mean that young people today are worse or shallower than young people in the past. It does mean they get less help. People once lived within a pattern of being, which educated the emotions, guided the temporary toward the permanent and linked everyday urges to higher things. The accumulated wisdom of the community steered couples as they tried to earn each other's commitment. Today there are fewer norms that guide that way. Today's technology seems to threaten the sort of recurring and stable reciprocity that is the building block of trust. ”

- David Brooks

“ I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose selfconsciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, or when an artist or a craftsman becomes one with the brush or the tool. It happens sometimes while you’re playing sports, or listening to music or lost in a story, or to some people when they feel enveloped by God’s love. And it happens most when we connect with other people. I’ve come to think that happiness isn’t really produced by conscious accomplishments. Happiness is a measure of how thickly the unconscious parts of our minds are intertwined with other people and with activities. Happiness is determined by how much information and affection flows through us covertly every day and year. ”

- David Brooks

“ Learning was a byproduct of her search for pleasure ”

- David Brooks

“ Sitting on the airplane and looking out the window was terrible,... And three days of doing nothing, really, by Bush was terrible. Im angry at the guy. ”

- David Brooks

“ Sitting on the airplane and looking out the window was terrible,... And three days of doing nothing, really, by Bush was terrible. Im angry at the guy. ”

- David Brooks

“ Sitting on the airplane and looking out the window was terrible,... And three days of doing nothing, really, by Bush was terrible. Im angry at the guy. ”

- David Brooks

“ Now that he's been returned to office, President Bush is going to have to differentiate between his opponents and his enemies. His opponents are found in the Democratic Party. His enemies are in certain offices of the Central Intelligence Agency. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ Now that he's been returned to office, President Bush is going to have to differentiate between his opponents and his enemies. His opponents are found in the Democratic Party. His enemies are in certain offices of the Central Intelligence Agency. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks

“ 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. ”

- David Brooks
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