Our system is not only based on rules, but a series of self-restraints that we won't be as barbaric as we could be in competing for power because we know if we're all barbaric as we could be, the whole country and the whole society falls apart.
David BrooksCreativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.
David BrooksI would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control.
David Brooks