Swans Quotes

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Bad, Die, Before

When turkeys mate they think of swans.
Johnny Carson

While I was writing Wild Swans I thought the famine was the result of economic mismanagement but during the research I realised that it was something more sinister.
Jung Chang

Writing, Thought, While

Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene.
Graeme Le Saux

Together, Put, Sometimes

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.
Maeve Binchy

Ugly, Turn, Stories

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 swans.
Van Wyck Brooks

Themselves, Profound, Express

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