--- title: "1 British Petroleum Quotes By James Baker" description: "1 British Petroleum quotes by James Baker. Plus more from James Baker and more British Petroleum sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png" --- > [When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shell-and-british-petroleum-both/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png) ## More by James Baker > [Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/who-could-not-be-moved-by-the-sight-of-that-poor-demoralized-rabble/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [“My view is that you don't just talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies, as well. And the diplomacy involves talking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/my-view-is-that-you-don-t-just-talk-to-your-friends-you-talk-to-your/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/if-you-re-not-gonna-pull-the-trigger-don-t-point-the-gun/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [Never let the other fellow set the agenda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/never-let-the-other-fellow-set-the-agenda/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/sometimes-an-active-policy-is-best-advanced-by-doing-nothing-until/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/sometimes-you-move-publicly-sometimes-privately-sometimes-quietly/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/this-is-what-happens-when-for-the-first-time-in-modern-history-a/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/i-understand-personally-that-it-is-frustrating-to-lose-presidential/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shell-and-british-petroleum-both/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [WE MADE A MONSTER OF HITLER, A DEVIL. THAT IS WHY (THEREFORE) WE COULD NOT AFTER THE WAR SAY OTHERWISE. WE HAD PERSONALLY MOBILISED…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/we-made-a-monster-of-hitler-a-devil-that-is-why-therefore-we-could/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [“Prior preparation prevents poor performance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/prior-preparation-prevents-poor-performance/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/you-don-t-need-to-know-who-s-playing-on-the-white-house-tennis-court/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats and therefore can never be consciously or even unconsciously biased,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/machines-are-neither-republicans-nor-democrats-and-therefore-can/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/it-s-not-appeasement-to-talk-to-your-enemies/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) > [You talk to your enemies, not just your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/you-talk-to-your-enemies-not-just-your-friends/) [James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british-petroleum/james-baker/#itemlist", "name": "1 British Petroleum Quotes By James Baker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Baker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shell-and-british-petroleum-both/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in…” — James Baker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british-petroleum/james-baker/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british-petroleum/james-baker/", "name": "British Petroleum Quotes by James Baker", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british-petroleum/james-baker/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/james-baker-33386_british_when-you-have-energy-companies-like-shel_1648223.png" }, "description": "1 British Petroleum quotes by James Baker. 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