Oscar Wilde "In America, life is one long expectoration."

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Oscar Wilde "In America, life is one long expectoration."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1959

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (9.2 × 7.5 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (9.2 × 7.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2031

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"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."

"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."

Alan Dunn

1938

"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"

"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"

Alan Dunn

1955

"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."

"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."

Alan Dunn

1955

"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."

"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."

Alan Dunn

1942

"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."

"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."

Alan Dunn

1959

"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."

"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."

Alan Dunn

1962

"...and there was a Trumbull married your great-great aunt in 1842, who fled to America. She was a Chishom from..."

"...and there was a Trumbull married your great-great aunt in 1842, who fled to America. She was a Chishom from..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"

"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"

Alan Dunn

1968

"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."

"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."

Alan Dunn

1944

"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."

"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."

Alan Dunn

1960

"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."

"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."

Alan Dunn

1954

"What are we taking a long, hard look at today?"

"What are we taking a long, hard look at today?"

Alan Dunn

1962

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