The following Adapted American Sentences copyrighted, PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © October, 2002 

Power of pen is mightier than sword, and easier to write with.
Adapted from the following quote:
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All are entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
Adapted from the following quote:
"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
- Unknown

When life is dull and there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit.
Adapted from the following quote:
"Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit."
- Anon

Those going slower are idiots and those faster are maniacs.
Adapted from the following quote:
"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac."
- George Carlin.

Find a good wife to be happy, if not become a philosopher.
Adapted from the following quote:
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."
- Socrates.

Our courage is tested, taking children onto the new white carpet.
Adapted from the following quote:
"All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them."
- Erma Bombeck

We travel into the future using only our rearview mirror.
Adapted from the following quote:
"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror."
- Marshall McLuhan

No argument is serious enough for divorce, murder maybe.
Adapted from the following quote:
"My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never."
- Jack Benny

Picasso portraits adorn the walls of the plastic surgeon's office.
Adapted from the following quote:
"I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso."
- Rita Rudner

I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll make an exception.
Adapted from the following quote:
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception..."
- Groucho Marx

No humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every stone.
Adapted from the following quote:
"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road."
- Henry Ward Beecher

You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently.
Adapted from the following quote:
"You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently then you do."
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

 Want the truth, plain and unvarnished or do you want it sugar coated?
Adapted from the following quote:
"Dave, do you want the truth plain and unvarnished or do you want it sugar coated?”
- Doctor Phil responding to David Letterman asking how he's doing.

 The Diet's first day is harder than the second when your off of it.
Adapted from the following quote:
"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it."
- Jackie Gleason

 One in four suffer from mental illness; if three friends are fine,  you're it.
Adapted from the following quote:
"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."
- Rita Mae Brown.

Thanks for electricity, we do not not watch TV by candlelight.
Adapted from the following quote:
"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight."
- George Gobol.

Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
Adapted from the following quote:
"Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?" 
- John Mendosa.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend and inside it's too dark.
Adapted from the following quote:
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." 
- Groucho Mark.

The above Adapted American Sentences copyrighted, PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © October, 2002 

The following Adapted American Sentences copyrighted, PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © July, 2002 

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool.
Adapted from the following quote:  
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
- Sir William Drummond, Academical Questions

Science tells modern man only what is possible, not what is right.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"Modern man worships at the temple of science, but science tells him only what is possible, not what is right."
- Milton S. Eisenhower

It is not prudent business of politicians to please everyone.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"It is not the business of politicians to please everyone."
- Margaret Thatcher

An independent wants to take the politics out of politics.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"An independent is the guy who wants to take politics out of politics."
- Adlai Stevenson

Today's politics is the science of how who gets what, when and why.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"Politics is the science of how who gets what, when and why."
- Sidney Hillman

Not found wanting, Christianity's found difficult, and left untried.
Adapted from the following quote:  
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting.  It has been found difficult, and left untried.
- G. K. Chesterton

The danger of no faith in God is that one will believe in anything.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe in anything."
- G. K. Chesterton

Lacking experience, playing at 'God', men become politicians.
Adapted from the following quote:  
"Men play at God, but lacking God's experience they wind up as politicians."
- Harry William King

The voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
Adapted from the following quote:
"Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
- George F. Will

The above Adapted American Sentences copyrighted, PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © July, 2002  

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The the following Adapted American Sentences copyrighted, PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © June, 2002  

The noted last dying words of H. G. Wells – "Go away... I'm alright."

Roger W Hancock aided by H.G. Wells

Beethoven’s last dying words, "Friends applaud, the comedy is over."

Roger W Hancock aided by Beethoven

A picture is worth one thousand words, the poem a thousand pictures.

Adapted from the following quote:

"A picture is worth a thousand words, but a poem is worth a thousand pictures."

- James Womack

Sometimes you’re a bug, sometimes the windshield, sometimes instant contact.

Adapted from the following quote:

"Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the instant they meet."
 - Scott Shipley

It’s a fine line between fishing and just standing like an idiot.

Adapted from the following quote:

"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
 - Steven Wright

The above Adapted American Sentences copyrighted PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock  © June, 2002   

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