David Henry Hwang Quotes

When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.

I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

I'm definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

I have grown up in the bright light of America.

I truly appreciate the special qualities that America and American national myths offer me.

The American Dream is about freedom.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

The American dream is about freedom.

I love the American way of life.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.

What makes America unique in the world is the idea of the self-directed life.

The American Dream

That's the beauty of America - the fact that all of us can be anything we want to be if we put in the work.

Americans are defined by a history of immigration in pursuit of freedom and opportunity. We are more individualistic, enterprising, and protective of liberties that most Europeans do not expect, such as owning guns, working 70-hour weeks, or appreciating nature as it goes by at 60 mph on a snowmobile.

They talk about the American Dream. I still believe in that. I still believe that this is a great country, where great things can happen, where anybody can become president of the United States. Just that simple statement there defines so much about the whole business of liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

I'm living the life of liberty, happiness and pursuit.

They don't call it the Italian Dream or the English Dream. In America, there is the American Dream. It was the first place to give people of any social background their dream. You can achieve anything.

Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.

America is a country with so much opportunity. I'm living the blessings of what this country offers.

The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.

So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.