“ The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy. Criss Jami
“ A year earlier my parents had moved us out of the city to a split-level on Long Island, their idea of the American dream, which meant it as now an hour-and-a-half commute via the 7:06 Hicksville to Pe… Jonathan Santlofer
“ That year, a middle-aged acquaintance asked me what my favorite book was and I said "On the Road." He smiled, said, "That was my favorite book at sixteen." At the time , I thought he was patronizing m… Sarah Vowell
“ We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Max Beerbohm
“ Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is… Fareed Zakaria
“ A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility. Nicholas Kristof
“ I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice - and from that, all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumu… Buzz Aldrin
“ We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too se… Tommy Hilfiger
“ We cordially believe in the rights of property. We think that normally and in the long run the rights of humanity, coincide with the rights of property... But we feel that if in exceptional cases ther… Theodore Roosevelt
“ Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present… Frederick Douglass
“ There is, perhaps, no class of men on the face of the earth, says Captain Bonneville, who lead a life of more continued exertion, peril, and excitement, and who are more enamored of their occupations,… Washington Irving
“ The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares no… J. G. Ballard
“ People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error. Florence King
“ When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream. J. C. Watts
“ I met Jack Kennedy in November, 1946. We were both war heroes, and both of us had just been elected to Congress. Norman Mailer
“ To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom. Maya Lin
“ The best thing about America is that it gives you space. I like that. I like that you buy into the dream, it's a lie but you buy into it and that's all that matters. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
