7 Quotes & Sayings By Frank Moore Colby

Frank Moore Colby was a leader in the American conservation movement of the early 20th century, serving for a time as chairman of the National Audubon Society. For a number of years he headed the U.S. delegation to the International Union for the Protection of Nature, which he called "the greatest organization in the world." He was also president of the American Society of International Law and on numerous other boards and commissions. In his later life he devoted his energies to protecting wild birds and their habitats from encroachment from people and from development Read more

Colby wrote more than twenty books, among them "Nature's Fertile Crescent," "The Land Grant," "The Great Hunting Ground," and "The Living Earth." His articles on conservation subjects appeared in more than a dozen national publications, including the Atlantic Monthly, Outlook, Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Monthly, Saturday Review of Literature, The Nation, Harper's Bazaar, and others. He was a founder of the National Wild Bird Hospital at St. Louis Zoo, chairman of its board of trustees during its first decade of operation (1929-39), honorary president for life, and one of its directors for many years thereafter.

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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. Frank Moore Colby
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Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours. Frank Moore Colby
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That is the consolation of a little mind you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind. Frank Moore Colby
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Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? Frank Moore Colby
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Cast your cares on God that anchor holds. Frank Moore Colby
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I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at. Frank Moore Colby