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"They say it's over a hundred stories, but I'm taking that with a grain of salt."
"They say it's over a hundred stories, but I'm taking that with a grain of salt."

"They say it's over a hundred stories, but I'm taking that with a grain of salt."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 17 13/16 × 12 13/16 in. (45.3 × 32.5 cm) Sheet: 17 13/16 × 12 13/16 in. (45.3 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1839
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"In the name of the legitimate passengers on this plane, I'm here to hijack it to its scheduled destination."
"In the name of the legitimate passengers on this plane, I'm here to hijack it to its scheduled destination."
Alan Dunn
1970
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
Alan Dunn
1941
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
Alan Dunn
1968
"They say it's all right -- one's European arms aid, the other's Korea."
"They say it's all right -- one's European arms aid, the other's Korea."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:
"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:
Alan Dunn
1969
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931