All James Herriot Quotes
- It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look round their stock… Decide
- At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under… Driving
- 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 like… Animal
- If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety. Decide
- If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw. Animal
- Dogs like to obey. It gives them security. Dog
- I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside. Animal
- I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box. Became
- If I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously. Been
- I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically. Automatically
- I will write another book if I feel like it. Another Book
- I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago. Ago
- They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live. Find
- If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. Able
- I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love. Carefully
- I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind… Animal
- I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us. Animal
- I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was… Holiday
- Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. Animals
- I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down… Best