The system gives us more than we can bear, Life ain't fair but we gotta live it that way. — Gian Lewis Copy Share Image
The American Dream is not to own your own home, but to get your kids out of it. — Dick Armey Copy Share Image
The American Dream is still alive and well… it’s just no longer in the United States. — Simon Black Copy Share Image
We must redefine the American Dream before we rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based. — Paolo Soleri Copy Share Image
Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and… — David Pratt Copy Share Image
The power of immigration, the power of the American dream, if you think about the American dream, it is the best brand… — Dara Khosrowshahi Copy Share Image
In the wealthiest country in the world, every worker should be able to get a piece of the American Dream. — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Surely this new age is not a repudiation of, but a fulfillment of, the American dream. What were the machines for, unless… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is living proof of the American Dream. A kid from Queens, New York, who made it big. And, yeah -… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I run for president because I believe that we can't just save the American dream; we can expand it to reach more… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“1990 I escaped from the dictatorship communist regime. I rebelled the system since I was little I wanted to be free. I… — Beta Metani' Marashi Copy Share Image
Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it - and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Monstress is an exhilarating rollercoaster of a book. Deeply funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, philosophical, bawdy, and wise, Lysley Tenorio’s stories, written from the… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
I am thankful that Brooklyn, a community of more than 2.6 million people of which nearly half speak a language other than… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
I'm a square. I always wanted the standard-issue American dream: beautiful home, loving husband, couple of kids. I met another square, and… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Many people are dreaming. Let me rent. Let me have a job. Let me work until I'm 70. That's not what the… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
There's this American dream to put enough away that you can golf and build a birdhouse or just be in a Barcalounger… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“I say, I can not identify that thing which is called happiness, that thing whose token is a laugh, or a smile,… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“What is key to America's understanding of class is the persistent belief - despite all evidence to the contrary - that anyone,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“As I would learn later on, developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world -- those individuals whose talents are… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
“Every republic runs its greatest risk not so much from discontented soldiers as from discontented multi-millionaires. They are very rarely, if ever,… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential American novel. There were other contenders: The Adventures… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“It would be easy to mistake Daley's tolerance of the Outfit for simple corruption. However, the more accurate assessment appears to be… — Gus Russo Copy Share Image