“And the Black Swan is what we leave out of simplification.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Ever heard about the swan? All serene on the surface, and paddling like hell under the water.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Her neck - a swan’s neck, gracious and gentle, her breasts - two mountainous guardians over the valley of her generous heart.” — J y Tacheva Copy Share Image
The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth. — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t the Black Swan’s puppet anymore. She was broken. All she had left was trust.” — Shannon Messenger Copy Share Image
“rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno” Juvenal___Satires Black Swan” — Juvenal Copy Share Image
This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
“True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
If troubled companies want to explain away 2008 as a 'black swan,' then someone should take responsibility for creating the oil slick… — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
“at its core, the Black Swan is a modeling problem. The observer has deemed the event improbable based on their existing experiences… — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
To this day, people are still talking about the Coral Casino's parties of the '30s, '40s, '50s - complete with antidotes of… — Ty Warner Copy Share Image
“Let's go to Sarai, Sashka! Or Tzargrad, or Buyan, where the sea-king lives with his daughter the swan-maiden. It is not too… — Katherine Arden Copy Share Image
The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
“If I had the wings of a swan, over these stony hills I would fly. I would fly to the arms of… — Susan Price Copy Share Image
“This humble person has been alive long enough to see two generations of children grow up, and knows how rare it is… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan.… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
“Ethereal mist lingered across the hushed landscape, shrouding a round moon, gossamer swans dancing across a lake of pearl. Yet, while it… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
I launched Ballet Beautiful not long after finishing at Columbia and met Natalie Portman shortly after. We began training and preparing her… — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below,… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“...this refinement and delicacy were what Cale adored; but Cale had been beaten into shape, hammered in dreadful fires of fear and… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
