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

— Tom Bodett

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.

— Tom Bodett

Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Modest, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'He Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.

— 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.

— Tom Bodett

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.

— Tom Bodett

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.

— Tom Bodett

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.

— Tom Bodett