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"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."

"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1937
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 9 1/2 × 15 in. (24.1 × 38.1 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 15 in. (24.1 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0631
"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
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”
Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”
Alan Dunn
1959
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Well, obviously he didn't understand life or he wouldn't have committed suicide!"
"Well, obviously he didn't understand life or he wouldn't have committed suicide!"
Alan Dunn
1931
"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
"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
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
Alan Dunn
1931
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
Alan Dunn
1950
"Well, Chief, you've guessed so much, you might as well know every thing."
"Well, Chief, you've guessed so much, you might as well know every thing."
Alan Dunn
1936
"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."
"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."
Alan Dunn
1935