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> [“I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/i-don-t-think-he-ever-gave-a-thought-to-other-people-s-opinions-which/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

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## More by James Herriot

> [That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/that-quotation-about-not-having-time-to-stand-and-stare-has-never/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“I went back to my conversation with Siegfried that morning; we had just about decided that the man with a lot of animals couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/i-went-back-to-my-conversation-with-siegfried-that-morning-we-had/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/if-a-farmer-calls-me-to-a-sick-animal-he-couldn-t-care-less-if-i-were/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“... a bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/a-bullock-backing-in-alarm-from-the-halter-crashed-its-craggy-behind/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“You know, Mrs Pumphrey, you're overfeeding him again. Didn't I tell you to cut out all those pieces of cake and give him more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/you-know-mrs-pumphrey-you-re-overfeeding-him-again-didn-t-i-tell-you/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/i-hope-to-make-people-realize-how-totally-helpless-animals-are-how/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“But Siegfried held up a restraining hand. “Just one moment,” he slurred. “The windscreen is very dirty. I’ll give it a rub for you.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/but-siegfried-held-up-a-restraining-hand-just-one-moment-he-slurred/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/no-animal-is-a-better-judge-of-comfort-than-a-cat/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“This old man had once told me that he left school when he was twelve, whereas I had spent most of the twenty-four years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/this-old-man-had-once-told-me-that-he-left-school-when-he-was-twelve/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/and-the-peace-which-i-always-found-in-the-silence-and-emptiness-of/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/a-farmer-once-told-me-one-of-the-greatest-luxuries-of-his-life-was-to/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/if-having-a-soul-means-being-able-to-feel-love-and-loyalty-and/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [Animals are unpredictable things, and so our life is unpredictable. It's a long tale of little triumphs and disasters and you've got to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/animals-are-unpredictable-things-and-so-our-life-is-unpredictable-it/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/i-think-it-was-the-fact-that-i-liked-it-so-much-that-made-the-writing/)

[James Herriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-herriot/)

> [Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-herriot/cats-are-connoisseurs-of-comfort/)

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