James Perry

James Perry may refer to:

  • James Perry (journalist) (1756–1821), journalist
  • James Franklin Perry (1790–1853), early Texas settler, husband of Emily Austin Perry
  • James E.C. Perry (born 1944), jurist
  • James Stewart Perry (born 1947), sculptor
  • James L. Perry (born 1948), academic
  • James Lewis Perry (born 1979), cyclist
  • Jim Perry (television personality) (born 1933), game show host
  • Jim Perry (baseball) (born 1935), baseball player

Famous quotes containing the words james and/or perry:

    As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    You’ll admit there’s always the possibility of some employee becoming disgruntled over some fancied injustice. Dissatisfaction always leads to temptation. There’s always purchasers for valuable secrets.
    —Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Donald Jordan, Murder by Television, trying to bribe Perry into revealing Professor Houghland’s secret (1935)