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Michael Leunig Quotes

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: cartoonist
Nationality: australian
Birth: June 2, 1945

Topics

Man Silence Moral Clever Empty He

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

Winning You Dream Understand Kid

Too often, parents whose children express an interest in farming squelch it because they envision dirt, dust, poverty, and hermit living. But great stories come out of great farming.

Children Great Parents Poverty Dirt

I have spent time in Mongolia, in China.

Time China Spent

I'm probably a believer in abandoning too-big-to-fail firms or breaking them up in some way so that the system can try to take care of itself. I imagine you're not going to get there, and therefore, I suspect regulation is what's going to be required.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Care Take Care You Way Try System

While social media is a one of the best tools to spread brand awareness, network, stay updated on the latest industry news, and catch up with friends or family, it's another huge time waster.

Family Time Best Social Media Brand

It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.

Men Death Fight Battle Die Violence

Basic training is horrible. It's dirty, and it's ugly. But you learn it's not just about you. It makes you part of a team, which helps you to survive.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Training Ugly Team Survive Learn

Unlike other professions - doctor, lawyer, teacher, journalist, sales clerk, stock broker - when a cop makes a bad mistake, it could mean someone is dead. They take home mental baggage unlike anything carried in almost every other job.

Home Teacher Job Mistake Doctor Bad

It is difficult to predict technology more than 10 years out with any certitude, but what I observe is that change and innovation happens earlier and faster than we expect. We are constantly surprised at what technology can do.

Change Technology Innovation Predict

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

Wynton Marsalis

Me Pressure Doing Edge Schedule

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

Thomas Shadwell

Fool World Haste Thing

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

Misunderstood Who Like Anybody

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