Swans Quotes

119 Swans quotes by 92 unique authors

The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to… — Margaret Starbird
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and… — William Kempe
The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a swan, you're probably not going… — Jack Handey
The Water Babies "Young and Old" When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad,… — Charles Kingsley
To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg. — Hans Christian Andersen
I don't think you're happier if you're thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not… — Maeve Binchy
When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens. — Tom Robbins
You never count your chickens before they hatch. I used to keep parakeets and I never counted every egg thinking I would get all eight… — Ian Holloway
The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. — Orlando Gibbons
Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd, And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard: To carry nature lengths unknown before, To give a Milton birth,… — William Cowper
No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is… — David Hume
Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes… — Chanakya
May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while you're… — Rob Brezsny
You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more… — Socrates
Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow! — William Wordsworth
We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song… — Michel Patini
White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind… — Haruki Murakami
You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way. — Natalia Makarova
Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan. — Quentin Crisp
Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful. — Philip Massinger
It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for… — Van Wyck Brooks
Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which… — Robert M. Lindner
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes -… — Natalia Makarova

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