James Herriot Quotes & Sayings
16 most famous James Herriot quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Scottish writer who passed away on 23 February, 1995.
“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
“I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.”
“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.”
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
“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 from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.”
“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 and take care of their needs.”
“I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.”
“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 like holidays with pay to me.”
“If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.”
“I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.”
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