Tom Bodett

Author

1955-02-23

Quotes by Tom Bodett

• The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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• They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

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• They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

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• The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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• Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying?

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• In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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• I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.

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• It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.

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• John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.

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