Chris Long Quotes

I'm compared to my dad all the time, and I've learned to take it positively by working hard.

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.

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.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.

I've discovered myself a little more, personality-wise just being put through certain situations, whether being in the spotlight, heartbreak, friends coming and going, family.

I guess I don't really let the stress of my family weigh on my career, weigh on my options anymore, which I think we all need freedom from.

Being compared to my father was never a problem for me.

You grow up to become living proof of your parents' limitations. Their less-than masterpiece.

There has to be a womp on the side of the head that defeats and undercuts this game of performance. It has to fall apart. Now unfortunately, that very often does not happen until what I call the second half of life, when there's been enough death in the family and you start experiencing your own physical deterioration.

You can't run away from yourself

Just like ice, lives crack, too. Personalities. Identities.

I've seen my whole family struggle, with money, with relationships, with alcohol, and I thought there must be a better way. As you mature, you realize you don't choose your parents. It's not your fault what they do and you should not be ashamed.

What a grin he had, what ferocious eyes, what a creature he was. He had dreamt himself an entire life and death. Ronan said, "I want to go back." "Then take it," said his father. "You know how now." And Ronan did. Because Niall Lynch was a forest fire, a rising sea, a car crash, a closing curtain, a blistering symphony, a catalyst with planets inside him. And he had given all of that to his middle son.

Can't get away from your own self.

Do you sometimes feel that you just can't take one more thing? Even in your misery, be mindful that the very weight of your burdens and the intensity going to use in your life to trigger an experience of personal revival.

When I came up as a United States Attorney, I had no real support group. I didn't prepare myself well in 1986, and there was an organized effort to caricature me as someone I wasn't. True. It was very painful. I didn't know how to respond and didn't respond very well.

As a therapist, I know that when you're vulnerable, the best way to move on is to admit your vulnerability, don't beat yourself up for it, and try to find a way to analyze your vulnerability. Pull up your socks and try to do better for you and your family.

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.

The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.

Life is tough and brimming with loss, and the most we can do about it is to glimpse ourselves clear now and then, and find out what we feel about familiar scenes and recurring faces this time around.