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"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."

"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (32 × 27.1 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (32 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1432
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
Alan Dunn
1957
"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
"Just to make things even-Stephen, we ought to invite Eisenhower and Leonard Hall."
"Just to make things even-Stephen, we ought to invite Eisenhower and Leonard Hall."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"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
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."
"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."
Alan Dunn
1931
"But you can't put that thing up there."
"But you can't put that thing up there."
Alan Dunn
1942
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
Alan Dunn
1959
"Another modern rifle arrived today so I guess things are speeding up in the defense program."
"Another modern rifle arrived today so I guess things are speeding up in the defense program."
Alan Dunn
1941