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"I say there, International Accord, you stay on the stage until Prosperity finishes."
"I say there, International Accord, you stay on the stage until Prosperity finishes."

"I say there, International Accord, you stay on the stage until Prosperity finishes."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (17.4 × 19.8 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (17.4 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1700
"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
"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
"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."
"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."
"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."
Alan Dunn
1931
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"You stay out of this, Edgar! My quarrel is with the United Kingdom."
"You stay out of this, Edgar! My quarrel is with the United Kingdom."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Stay tuned to this station - stay tuned to this station - stay the hell tuned to this station."
"Stay tuned to this station - stay tuned to this station - stay the hell tuned to this station."
Alan Dunn
1944
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"Of course you understand, Mr. Hawkes, when I say 'you' I mean the British Empire."
"Of course you understand, Mr. Hawkes, when I say 'you' I mean the British Empire."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Now how do you suppose that ever slipped by the International Ice Patrol?"
"Now how do you suppose that ever slipped by the International Ice Patrol?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "
"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "
Alan Dunn
1948