James Williamson may refer to:
- James Alexander Williamson (1829–1902), Union general in the American Civil War
- James Allen Williamson (born 1951), Oklahoma state senator
- James Whitfield Williamson (1925–2008), Louisiana politician
- James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton (1842–1930), British businessman and Liberal Party politician
- James Williamson (cyclist) (1983–2010), Australian journalist and cyclist
- James Williamson (film pioneer) (1855–1933), Scottish film-pioneer
- James Williamson (historian), (1886–1964) English historian of maritime exploration
- James Williamson (musician) (born 1949), American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, guitarist with The Stooges
- James Williamson (politician) (1814–88), New Zealand politician
- J.C. Williamson (James Cassius Williamson, 1845–1913), American actor and later theatrical manager in Australia
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“Mankind’s common instinct for reality ... has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life’s supreme mystery is hidden. We tolerate no one who has no capacity whatever for it in any direction. On the other hand, no matter what a man’s frailties otherwise may be, if he be willing to risk death, and still more if he suffer it heroically, in the service he has chosen, the fact consecrates him forever.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“What do you do for your living?
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Follow your heart; love will find you;
truth will unbind you;
Sing out a song of the soul.”
—Cris Williamson (20th century)