Quotes by James Herriot

James Herriot

A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again.

Luxury

Sleep

Up Early

And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly

Emptiness

Moors

Silence

And there was that letter from the Bramleys—that really made me feel good. You don’t find people like the Bramleys now; radio, television and the motorcar have carried the outside world into the most isolated places so that the simple people you used to meet on the lonely farms are rapidly becoming like people anywhere else. There are still a few left, of course—old folk who cling to the ways of their fathers and when I come across any of them I like to make some excuse to sit down and talk with them and listen to the old Yorkshire words and expressions which have almost disappeared.

Father

Lonely

Simple

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 it to stick it.

Animal

Long

Unpredictable Things

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 the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.

Hanging On

Morning

Sunshine

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

Cat

Comfort

Pet

Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.

Dog

Giving

Training

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

Lunch

Wife

Years

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.

Morning

Spring

Wind

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

Boxes

Letters

Nasty

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Animal

Black And White

Book

Boxes

Care

Cat

Children

Comfort

Couple

Dog

Dump

Emptiness

Endless

Facts

Fall

Father

Feels

Giving

Gone

Gratitude

Hanging On

Holiday

House

Inspirational

Inspiring

Interest

Jobs

Judging

Letters

Lonely

Long

Loyalty

Lunch

Luxury

Memories

Moors

Morning

Motivational

Nasty

People

Pet

Pride

Quiet

Retirement

Rich

Sick

Silence

Simple

Sleep

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Quotes by James Herriot

James Herriot

A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again.

And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly

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 it to stick it.

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 the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.

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

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

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