Deserve Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

The numbing lists of things you were supposed to have as an American to make you happy, which ultimately, of course, don't. Those aren't…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I'm deeply grateful to live and work in this country and to the United States for opening its arms to me the way it…

— Jennifer Lopez

“we learned to savor the denial of gratification—that most un-American of pleasures!—”

— Mohsin Hamid

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

— Ioan Gruffudd

It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.

— Cynthia Rylant

“Oh, go on' you prod encouragingly. 'Well, just a small one then,' they say and dartingly take a small one, and then get a…

— Bill Bryson

You deserve to be happier than you are

— Unkown

To what do I owe the pleasure?

— Magnus

I am very happy to be an American. I realize what a valuable inheritance that is.

— Anand Giridharadas

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.

— Johnny Weir

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

— Jane Austen

Nothing makes us angrier than the fear that some pleasure is being enjoyed by others but forever denied to us.

— Charles A. Reich