James Herriot

That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good…

— James Herriot

“I went back to my conversation with Siegfried that morning; we had just about decided that the man with a lot of…

— James Herriot

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.

— James Herriot

“... a bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me…

— 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…

— James Herriot

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we…

— 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…

— James Herriot

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

— James Herriot

“This old man had once told me that he left school when he was twelve, whereas I had spent most of the…

— James Herriot

And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly

— James Herriot

A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back…

— James Herriot

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot…

— 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…

— James Herriot

I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically.

— James Herriot

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

— James Herriot

“My mind went back to that picture in the obstetrics book. A cow standing in the middle of a gleaming floor while…

— James Herriot

There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or…

— James Herriot

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple…

— James Herriot

“Life was full for me. There were so many things to find out and a lot I had to prove to myself.…

— James Herriot

“when things weren’t going well he carried on long muttered conversations with himself, but when he was particularly pleased about something he…

— James Herriot

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

— James Herriot

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot…

— James Herriot

It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look…

— James Herriot

“I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind”

— James Herriot

If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest…

— James Herriot