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"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."

"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1964
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (23.8 × 26.7 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (23.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1501
"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
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
Alan Dunn
1942
"The way I see it, Russia thinks we think they think we're not willing to go to war."
"The way I see it, Russia thinks we think they think we're not willing to go to war."
Alan Dunn
1948
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"We interrupt this program for a bulletin from Paris giving further details of the Mainbocker corset."
"We interrupt this program for a bulletin from Paris giving further details of the Mainbocker corset."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"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
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"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 hard 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 hard to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972