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 t…

- James Herriot

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 hope to make people rea…

- James Herriot

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.

- James Herriot

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

- James Herriot

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

- James Herriot

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

- James Herriot

I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.

- James Herriot

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

- 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 to really like i…

- James Herriot