Shane Larkin Quotes

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I love the whole idea of family and what gets left behind when you are gone. I'm very proud of my children; I was one of seven.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.

You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What I've discovered is you kind of wind up becoming your parents, which is also a cliche in itself. My father, despite the fact that he's been dead for over 25 years, he's been a huge influence on me.

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

I think in any father-son relationship, there's going to be times you say, 'Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.'

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.

I'm proud to be Martha Stewart's daughter.

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

I spent, whether consciously or unconsciously, most of my career trying to be something other than William F. Buckley's son.

A man's family sets him apart from all other living creatures.... Only man stands with his children from first to last, from birth to death, and to the grave.

You can properly call him a son of anything you please.

As you get older, you get more... genealogical.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

And I'm so grateful to have that family name and continue my family's legacy, but I'm also very excited to create my own.

I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather.