Jim Toomey quotes

Jim Toomey quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“While "cute" is hopelessly anchored to the Teletubby ideal, "ugly" is free to take infinite varieties. In this way, ugly is beautiful...”
-- Jim Toomey

Source : Jim Toomey (1999). “Poodle The Other White Meat: A Sherman's Lagoon Collection”, p.4, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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“Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great white shark and a giant squid in the same bathroom.”
-- Jim Toomey

#Character Quotes #Sharks Quotes #Two Quotes
“I've been doing the 'Sherman's Lagoon' strip for about 18 years, and I was a political cartoonist before that for my hometown paper in Alexandria, Va.”
-- Jim Toomey

#Years Quotes #Political Quotes #Paper Quotes
“Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and from all walks of life, that we are destroying the ocean at such an alarming rate that we can't wait for a systematic solution. We can't wait for our political leadership to warm up to the idea, and we can't wait for the free market to find alternatives. We must act as individuals, now.”
-- Jim Toomey

#Ocean Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes
“I am passionate about informing the world about our ocean - its complexity and beauty, its value to us, and the perils that it faces.”
-- Jim Toomey

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