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"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."

"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (23.2 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (23.2 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1941
"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
You'll also learn that money doesn't count here. It's what you are."
You'll also learn that money doesn't count here. It's what you are."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
“Here’s a bargain! It’s been run only 1200 hours by an elderly couple who didn’t know much about art.”
“Here’s a bargain! It’s been run only 1200 hours by an elderly couple who didn’t know much about art.”
Alan Dunn
1966
"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."
"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Frankly, it's people under thirty we're worried about."
"Frankly, it's people under thirty we're worried about."
Alan Dunn
1968
"It's the real thing with me this time--money."
"It's the real thing with me this time--money."
Alan Dunn
1943
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Hey, Ed! They didn't have no baloney so I got Swiss on rye."
"Hey, Ed! They didn't have no baloney so I got Swiss on rye."
Alan Dunn
1929
"It's O.K. on nitrates, phosphorus, potash, and lime. My guess is we've got a boron deficiency."
"It's O.K. on nitrates, phosphorus, potash, and lime. My guess is we've got a boron deficiency."
Alan Dunn
1949