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"I figure it this way: what am I worth to the Department of Plant and Structures?"
"I figure it this way: what am I worth to the Department of Plant and Structures?"

"I figure it this way: what am I worth to the Department of Plant and Structures?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (17.1 × 30.1 cm) Sheet: 6 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (17.1 × 30.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1868
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
Alan Dunn
1942
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
Alan Dunn
1963
51. On Losing a Job. I was a quack, a shyster,/ A bureaucrat, and a poet./ Now I am not worth a cent;/ I am one of those sad unemployed.
51. On Losing a Job. I was a quack, a shyster,/ A bureaucrat, and a poet./ Now I am not worth a cent;/ I am one of those sad unemployed.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."
"Now you mustn't be offended by what I am about to tell you in my professional capacity."
Alan Dunn
1933
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
Alan Dunn
1941
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"I can't say I like the way Sergeant Smith is teaching the South Vietnamese to take over!"
"I can't say I like the way Sergeant Smith is teaching the South Vietnamese to take over!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
Alan Dunn
1944