Michael Leunig Quotes & Sayings (Page 12)

“Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!”

“My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.”

“My father was a meat worker. He was a union organizer in the meat workers union.”

“Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit.”

“Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks.”

“Stay out of the loop, the club, the inner circle.”

“The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.”

“The world is philosophically booby-trapped; touch an interesting subject, and it just might blow up in your face. Some say it's better not to touch.”

“What really irks me is the snide victimizing suggestion from some that I have tried to be lighthearted and funny... Oh my God - this is so offensive.”

“A dear friend of my early childhood has worked as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea for much of her life, and from the tiny island where her main work has been focused, she has brought me many funny and beautiful stories over the years.”