James Herriot was a famous Writer from United Kingdom, who lived between October 3, 1916 and February 23, 1995. He/she became 78 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection.
Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Pet.
"They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live"
"There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring"
"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 wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us"
"I will write another book if I feel like it"
"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"
"I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically"
"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"
"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 have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love"
"I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside"
"I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box"
"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"
"For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents"