Bird Quote by Orlando Gibbons

The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang…

— Orlando Gibbons

Remember that you are a Black Swan.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of…

— Benjamin Hoff

Get my swan costume ready.

— Anna Pavlova

I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik…

— Walter Dean Myers

Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside…

— Ramakrishna

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.

— Heinrich Heine

I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.

— Rainn Wilson

“Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.”

— Munia Khan

'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming…

— Jessye Norman

Hear the music, the thunder of the wings. Love the wild swan.

— Robinson Jeffers

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

— Martial