--- title: "10 Than Quotes By Michael Leunig" description: "10 Than quotes by Michael Leunig. Plus more from Michael Leunig and more Than sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/michael-leunig-2274_creature_modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated_1368762.png" --- > [Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated-and-depressed-creature-than/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/michael-leunig-2274_creature_modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated_1368762.png) > [Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fog-with-a-personality-disorder/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/michael-leunig-2274_day_murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fo_2269526.png) > [At the age of nine, I simultaneously fell in love with two Dutch sisters because they seemed so beautifully strange, and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/at-the-age-of-nine-i-simultaneously-fell-in-love-with-two-dutch/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/michael-leunig-2274_added_at-the-age-of-nine-i-simultaneously-fell_2146751.jpg) > [As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now, fairly late in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/as-a-child-i-heard-many-warnings-from-teachers-about-the-perils-of/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/michael-leunig-2274_about_as-a-child-i-heard-many-warnings-from-te_1067912.png) > [Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/perhaps-life-is-actually-more-confusing-and-unknowable-to-an-adult/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/michael-leunig-2274_ability_perhaps-life-is-actually-more-confusing_1614878.png) > [At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/at-last-after-completing-year-12-i-failed-the-great-final-examination/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/michael-leunig-2274_after_at-last-after-completing-year-12-i-faile_316697.jpg) > [The expressive body is not literal; it's very primal, and that's what I feel when I make the best of my work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/the-expressive-body-is-not-literal-it-s-very-primal-and-that-s-what-i/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/michael-leunig-2274_best_the-expressive-body-is-not-literal-it-s_1014940.png) > [There's a particular sensitivity required to be an artist, and a certain vulnerability, perhaps, and also, somewhere between, you're in your body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-s-a-particular-sensitivity-required-to-be-an-artist-and-a/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/michael-leunig-2274_also_there-s-a-particular-sensitivity-require_1870509.png) > [Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/try-as-i-do-to-comprehend-the-human-project-and-my-part-in-it-i-am/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/michael-leunig-2274_am_try-as-i-do-to-comprehend-the-human-proj_2132491.jpg) > [An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/an-education-system-suits-some-more-than-others-it-can-lead-you-out/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/michael-leunig-2274_brainy_an-education-system-suits-some-more-than_3079914.png) ## Other authors on Than ## More by Michael Leunig > [In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/in-my-journey-as-a-cartoonist-i-seem-to-have-accidentally-stumbled/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/have-i-got-the-right-to-experiment-with-my-child-s-life/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-are-only-two-feelings-love-and-fear-there-are-only-two/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/if-european-symbols-and-traditions-have-grown-tired-perfunctory-and/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and-degrades-human-nature-it/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-became-a-cartoonist-because-i-d-sort-of-failed-at-everything-else/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-never-really-understood-who-the-magi-were-as-a-child-what-is-a-magi/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/god-bless-this-tiny-little-boat-and-me-who-travels-in-it-it-stays/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-can-be-many-reasons-to-travel-but-wandering-into-the-world-for/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-m-totally-deaf-in-my-right-ear-yeah/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/emotional-stability-has-not-been-america-s-gift-to-the-world/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/life-seems-sadly-mishandled-by-humans-as-if-it-s-all-too-much-for/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/if-you-know-anything-about-ducks-you-know-a-baby-duck-will-imprint/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-think-melancholy-is-part-of-the-natural-condition-you-know-anyway-i/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally than before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/at-last-after-completing-year-12-i-failed-the-great-final-examination/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/than/michael-leunig/#itemlist", "name": "10 Than Quotes By Michael Leunig", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Leunig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated-and-depressed-creature-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/michael-leunig-2274_creature_modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated_1368762.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/michael-leunig-2274_creature_modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated_1368762.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/michael-leunig-2274_creature_modern-man-is-probably-a-more-humiliated_1368762.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.” — Michael Leunig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our lives at the end of the day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Leunig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fog-with-a-personality-disorder/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/michael-leunig-2274_day_murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fo_2269526.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/michael-leunig-2274_day_murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fo_2269526.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/michael-leunig-2274_day_murk-can-be-described-as-an-enfeebled-fo_2269526.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal…” — Michael Leunig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the age of nine, I simultaneously fell in love with two Dutch sisters because they seemed so beautifully strange, and their clothes were mysterious and alluring - added to which, they could not speak a word of English. 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