James herriot sayings
James Herriot, the pen name of British veterinarian and author James Alfred Wight, is known for his heartwarming and humorous stories about his experiences as a country vet in Yorkshire. Here are some popular sayings attributed to James Herriot:
1. "Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."
2. "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."
3. "The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."
4. "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."
5. "The best doctor in the world is a veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know."
6. "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."
7. "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."
8. "If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw."
9. "I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and may therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it."
10. "The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
These sayings reflect Herriot's deep love and respect for animals, as well as his keen observations of human-animal relationships.
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