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"Nixon's scheduled a photographic flyby of our planet for someone in the seventies. That doesn't give us much chance to spruce up."
"Nixon's scheduled a photographic flyby of our planet for someone in the seventies. That doesn't give us much chance to spruce up."

"Nixon's scheduled a photographic flyby of our planet for someone in the seventies. That doesn't give us much chance to spruce up."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1970
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 7/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23.9 × 28.8 cm) Sheet: 9 7/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23.9 × 28.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1650
"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 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
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."
"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."
Alan Dunn
1970
"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
"Now, just give me a chance to explain."
"Now, just give me a chance to explain."
Alan Dunn
1940
"I guess ours isn't the only planet having its troubles."
"I guess ours isn't the only planet having its troubles."
Alan Dunn
1960
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
Alan Dunn
1961
"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
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"Now, it's understood that this doesn't obligate us in any way?"
"Now, it's understood that this doesn't obligate us in any way?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957