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"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"
"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"

"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1958
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (34.9 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (34.9 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1309
"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
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
Alan Dunn
1959
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"We also think there should be an excalation clause to meet any cost-of-living increase that may result from the granting of our wage demands."
"We also think there should be an excalation clause to meet any cost-of-living increase that may result from the granting of our wage demands."
Alan Dunn
1951
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"You'd think she'd get wise to herself some day, wouldn't you?"
"You'd think she'd get wise to herself some day, wouldn't you?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"
"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931