James Herriot Quotes

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.

James Herriot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 3, 1916 - February 23, 1995

Topics

LoveJobManMeWritingHolidays

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

Jodi Picoult

YourselfMeBelieveThinkYouFind

New Yorkers were grateful when Donald J. Trump finished ahead of schedule and under budget in renovating the Wollman Memorial Rink, where the city had spent six years and $12 million trying to produce ice.

Andrew Rosenthal

GratefulCityBudgetTryingIceNew

I haven't got muscles, and I don't live in West Hollywood.

Andrew Haigh

LiveHollywoodWestGotMuscles

Maybe the universe is a giant practical joke and we don't know the punchline.

John Lloyd

UniverseKnowJokePracticalGiant

I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.

John Hughes

DaySchoolDoctorHigh SchoolMovies

I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films.

Andy Serkis

UpOriginalStarFanWarsMassive

I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.

Andy Weir

ManI AmBraveRightCutAbove

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

John Tiffany

WorkTimePeopleTheatreRoadBond

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

Tommy Davidson

MyselfFeelI CanCaptureOutBring

We live in this era where we really enjoy being offended, although only on the Internet. I don't know how beneficial it is. I wonder if we live in an age where we don't have power, yet somehow feel we have virtual power. But I feel like it's a distraction from real life.

Michaela Coel

LifeLiveAgePowerInternetEnjoy

I've grown to love it, but I'm not like a lot of other people who were always crazy horror fans like Eli Roth or Quentin Tarantino.

Jason Blum

LovePeopleCrazyHorrorAlwaysWho

People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe.

Jonathan Haidt

ChangeFocusPeopleBelieveYou

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