People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.
David BrooksOne of the frustrations about the modern world is that we don't even have a good vocabulary to describe our state. The word sentiment sounds mushy. [...] Sentiment is not mushy.
David BrooksThe school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that career success is not important.
David BrooksIf I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have a separate foreign policy operatus in the State Department that would run a dissenting foreign policy from the White House foreign policy. There, I think the populist America-first foreign policy of Donald Trump does run against a potential rival.
David Brooks