Andrew Marr Quotes

A popular bumper sticker post-9/11, and pretty faded these days, proclaims drivers of the cars to be 'Proud to be an American.' It really should say 'Lucky to be an American,' for I doubt very much that the drivers had much say in having been born here, and are not old enough to have participated in the drafting of the Constitution.

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.

There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.

I've been lucky in life, that's for sure, but it all started with being born in the greatest country in the world - New Zealand.

The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have ever got anything. Like... there was no need to put me in 'Cinderella Man' - there was no need. Why? Just get an American actor - it would've been cheaper, probably.

What a privilege it is to be an American!

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.

Through pure accident of birth, I've managed to stay relatively youthful.

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me.

I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasn't British, what would I be? I am British.

I have had an amazingly fortunate life. I'm a child from Yorkshire, which is sort of like Cleveland without the pretty bits.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

There's a million people I could name who are more deserving of the parts that I get and the life that I'm living.

It is easy when you are successful to think that you did it all by yourself and to forget that you didn't. You got here because a lot of things broke your way. You were lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford to take care of you well.

I am a man by nature and a Frenchman only by accident.

It is a complex fate being an American.

My course is clear. A British subject I was born, and a British subject I will die.

Even in these difficult times we face, there is not one nation on Earth that would not want to trade places with us.

The question really isn't whether I'm American, Russian, Iranian, Azerbaijani, or anything else. I've been shaped by all these people and cultures and I feel quite comfortable among all of them

I was born in America and have lived a long time in England. I wish prosperity to both.