Top 16 Quotes by James Herriot

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.

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

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

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

I will write another book if I feel like it.

I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.

For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.