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 humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am. - Tom Bodett
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.
- Tom Bodett
You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one. - Tom Bodett
You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.
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
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
That's what the American odyssey is really about: Leaving home. Leaving home and coming home, and trying to understand the difference. - Tom Bodett
That's what the American odyssey is really about: Leaving home. Leaving home and coming home, and trying to understand the difference.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. - Tom Bodett
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
The media is in the business of finding exceptions to everyday life. Bad things are still the exception. That's good, because once bad things stop be… - Tom Bodett
The media is in the business of finding exceptions to everyday life. Bad things are still the exception. That's good, because once bad things stop be…
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 schoo… - Tom Bodett
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 schoo…
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 when I travel - I wouldn't do their … - Tom Bodett
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 when I travel - I wouldn't do their …
In the America I see from here, anything is possible - especially the impossible. - Tom Bodett
In the America I see from here, anything is possible - especially the impossible.
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