Vet Quotes

“There has always been a 'and this is where I come in' feeling about a night call. And as my lights swept the cobbles of the deserted market place it was there again, a sense of returning to fundamentals, of really being me.”
― James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small

“And as for those high school students who tell me they would rather be a cat than an MD because they prefer to deal with animals and not to deal with people, I let them know they have it all wrong. Veterinarians get to work with animals. We get to work for people.”
― Nick Trout, Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon

“For some, being a vet was a means to make a living. For Theo, helping animals was a photo of his soul, the coat of his will.”
― Steven James Taylor, the dog

“Doctor, he's going to be all right, isn't he? He won't-he won't die, will he?"

Apparently, James Keene was aware that his naturally glum face and drooping eyes presented, merely in repose, an expression that did little to inspire confidence. He cultivated a warm smile, a soft yet confident tone of voice, and an almost grandfatherly manner that, although perhaps calculated, seemed genuine and helped balance the perpetual gloom God had seen fit to visit upon his countenance.”
― Dean Koontz, Watchers

“We have no reason to believe that an animal can grasp the notion of extended life, let alone choose to trade current suffering for it.”
― Bernard Rollin

“The vet was open this late, because he needed the business and the money to keep the “not closed” sign lit.”
― J.S. Mason, The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights

“The word’ VET’ is an acronym for ‘very evil tyrant’.
Or is it ‘very eager tickler’? Everything the vet does kinda tickles…
I had a chart, but it’s at home.
—Voracious eagle tamer—”
― Georgia Dunn, Behind the Scenes with Burt: A Breaking Cat News Adventure