America Quote by Pamela Druckerman

Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark.

— Pamela Druckerman

What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.

— Madeleine Albright

Optimism is America's birthright… There is no social problem Americans dare not attack. No problem, that is, except one: about marriage, and marriage alone,…

— Maggie Gallagher

“But perhaps we see a different set of sins in our own time: a reluctance to take on any new Great National Projects, a…

— Joel Achenbach

Since I live part of the year in Italy, I live in a society in which I'm the optimistic American relative to the people…

— Jonathon Keats

I love optimism but most times reality isn't all optimistic and sometimes we have to say things the way they appear to us.

— Terry Mark

These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.

— bell hooks

“I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if…

— Roméo Dallaire

I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't…

— Deray McKesson

“I want people to understand something I learned only recently: that for those of us lucky enough to live the American Dream, the demons…

— J.D. Vance

“There was no experience, I thought, quite as wonderful as being an American in Paris.”

— Ann Mah

Growing up and living in England, I'm surrounded by grey skies and sarcasm, so when I came to America, my first impressions were bright,…

— Stanley Donwood