Where do I get my information from? Well, I get it from the radio, and I get it from the newspaper, and then I get it from my conversations, and I get it from the paddocks around the bush. I get it; it turns up. You'd be most surprised how it turns up. Michael Leunig bushconversationinformation share on social
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves. Michael Leunig embarrassendlessexist share on social
The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go down, also. Michael Leunig consciousnessincrementalinstinct Change image and share on social
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. Michael Leunig cartoonistdefaultfail Change image and share on social
I just happen to believe that what's at stake in the early child's development is so vital and so important, and I think it is founded in the main, in the broad cultural sense, on the relationship between the mother and child. Michael Leunig broadchildcultural share on social
Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know. Michael Leunig creaturedaredepress Change image and share on social
The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive force on earth. Michael Leunig controldestructiveearth Change image and share on social
A society that's provided for by television is a society that says it doesn't need too many parks or natural situations for children to play in because television will look after them. Michael Leunig childnaturalpark Change image and share on social
Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works. Michael Leunig artexistentialman Change image and share on social
In the modern world, it may be that a living father can only be half a father to a boy - the dead father is the other vital half: the half that grows the boy up once and for all. Michael Leunig boydeadfather Change image and share on social
