“He was told that the streets were paved with gold.”

From comedian Shelley Berman, as quoted by Lorne Michaels:

“Before my grandfather came to America, he was told that the streets were paved with gold. And when he got to America he found out three things. One, that the streets were not paved with gold. Two, that the streets were not paved. Three, that he was gonna be the guy paving them.”