All Tom Bodett Quotes
- In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. Given
- The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. Belief
- 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… Cheer
- I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting. All
- I'm not an impersonator. I've only got one voice and only do one guy and his first-person essays. Essays
- 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… Alaska
- You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one. Friend
- Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to… Al
- For some people, you know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, really the stars, they've got a passion. They eat, drink and breathe radio, and I'm not… Breathe
- 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… All
- I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them… All
- Kids in Alaska don't know they're growing up on the Last Frontier. It's just what they see on the license plates, and it's something tourists… Alaska
- People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes… Actually Means
- Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry… Advertising
- Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told… Alaska
- Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying? Appliance
- Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know? Anyone
- Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers. Mine
- Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am. American
- Thirty-two is the age we turn into actual adults. Actual
- 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… Difference
- The diffrence between a race and life is, in a race, your taught a lesson and given a chance, in life, your given a test,… Chance