'First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
“The American Dream is to not have to work, so with unemployment at record levels, you’d think more people would be excited… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I believe the American dream is still alive and that education and entrepreneurship together are its key enablers. Through the years I… — Ralph de la Vega Copy Share Image
I grew up with a single pair of shoes until I grew into the next size. My parents believed in the American… — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
“Pulling out onto the highway I noticed a stone pillar commemorating the Donner Party. They were a true testament to the American… — Josh Stallings Copy Share Image
The notion that moving toward renewable energy will kill jobs is an absurdity on its face. The notion that we have to… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
If home ownership is the American dream, then foreclosure certainly is the American nightmare. It destroys more than credit. It destroys lives.… — Lisa Madigan Copy Share Image
Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way… — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich,… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
The reason I do Shark Tank isn't to try take make more money of the deals, even though every deal I want… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
I live a very satisfying life. Not because I've made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me… — Rza Copy Share Image
You don't have to get married and have a family, like a lot of women try, to live the American Dream. There's… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Your grandparents came of age in the Great Depression, when everyday life was about deprivation and sacrifice, when the economic conditions of… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I wanted to give people the ability once again to realize that they can still dream, but it has to be a… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
The American Dream has become a death sentence of drudgery, consumerism, and fatalism: a garage sale where the best of the human… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
There are people a lot smarter, a lot more talented than I am, people who've accomplished things I can only imagine. Often,… — Kane Copy Share Image
My biggest inspiration is black America and what they've done in the arts. I have always felt like an outsider in America,… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
Of course L.A. has its mad bits: you can get a collagen cappuccino if that's what you really want. But the American… — Lara Pulver Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the dystopian scenarios of self-aware robots enslaving mankind, but you don't have to be a sci-fi conspiracy theorist… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“This is the dark side of the “American dream.” We blame the poor, accusing them of being poor because they do not… — Ogyen Trinley Dorje Copy Share Image
Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up… — Hunter S Thompson Copy Share Image
Our culture is steeped in positive thinking - from the self-help mega-industry to college courses in positive psychology to the enduring pull… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
Americans want someone who is accountable to them above self, above party, and above any special interest. They want a President that… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream.… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
I'm just trying the American dream. To work here in the U.S., you have to commit and be here. For many years,… — Eugenio Derbez Copy Share Image
The great thing about libertarianism is it really is the American dream: It's the ability of everybody to live their life and… — Kane Copy Share Image
I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
The good is where American dream is alive and kicking. You can be any race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation - it… — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
Dusty Rhodes was a great athlete. Actually, he was a baseball player as well. He played football but he played baseball. That… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
“How could he explain to Marjorie that he wasn’t supposed to be here? Alive. Free. That the fact that he had been… — Yaa Gyasi Copy Share Image
My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
My parents are proud of their Indian heritage, but they came halfway across the world so their children could be born here,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
“In Chicago and across the country, whites looking to achieve the American dream could rely on a legitimate credit system backed by… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
