James Abbott or Jim Abbott may refer to:
- James Abbott (Indian Army officer) (1807–1896), British colonial administrator
- Jim Abbott (politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician
- James W. Abbott (born 1948), American university administrator and politician
- Jim Abbott (born 1967), American baseball player
- S. James Abbott, newsletter editor for the Orthodontic Technicians Association
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or abbott:
“The absolute things, the last things, the overlapping things, are the truly philosophic concerns; all superior minds feel seriously about them, and the mind with the shortest views is simply the mind of the more shallow man.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“It’s all sorts of middle-aged white men in suits—forests of middle-aged men in dark suits. All slightly red-faced from eating and drinking too much.”
—Diane Abbott (b. 1953)