James Addison Baker may refer to:
- James Addison Baker the elder (1821–1897), American jurist & politician
- James A. Baker, Sr. (1857–1941), American jurist
- James A. Baker, Jr. (1892–1973), American jurist
- James Baker (born 1930), American jurist, politician & diplomat
Famous quotes containing the words james, addison and/or baker:
“When the Revolutionaries ran short of gun wadding the Rev. James Caldwell ... broke open the church doors and seized an armful of Watts’ hymnbooks. The preacher threw them to the soldiers and shouted, “Give ‘em Watts, boys—give ‘em Watts!””
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The woman that deliberates is lost.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“No one thinks anything silly is suitable when they are an adolescent. Such an enormous share of their own behavior is silly that they lose all proper perspective on silliness, like a baker who is nauseated by the sight of his own eclairs. This provides another good argument for the emerging theory that the best use of cryogenics is to freeze all human beings when they are between the ages of twelve and nineteen.”
—Anna Quindlen (20th century)