People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.
David BrooksTo explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
David BrooksIt’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?
David BrooksPeople tend to marry people with similar-width noses, eyes similarly apart, with complementary immune systems.
David BrooksIf Donald Trump is just tweeting about a union guy, then he's just being the bully we have seen. But if he uses the power of the presidency to back up some of those tweets and he's really, really coming down with a hammer on people he doesn't like using the power of the presidency, then we're seeing something very new and very different.
David Brooks