Graeme Le Saux

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.

English Athlete

Noel Fielding

There's a little pond near my house, and I see two swans there all the time who are obviously in love. But they look like the same bird, so I don't know if they're male or female, but they're definitely in love.

English Comedian

Cory Barlog

I would love for 'God of War II' to be considered the swan song of the PS2 but I really don't think this will be the last great game on the system.

American Businessman

Rufus Wainwright

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

Canadian Musician

Van Wyck Brooks

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.

American Critic

Mary Helen Bowers

The key to building long muscle as you swim is stretching arms far ahead of you in the water, sort of like a swan.

American Dancer

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

English Poet

Orlando Gibbons

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.

English Composer

Anna Chancellor

I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.

English Actress

Johnny Carson

American Comedian

Swans are often associated with elegance and grace in literature and culture.

Majestic Presence

While swans are usually white, the term 'black swan' also exists for a rare kind.

Color Specific

Swans symbolize beauty and purity; 'swan song' refers to a final performance or action.

Symbolic Usage

Using 'swan' as a verb suggests a relaxed and leisurely manner, often with some elegance.

Casual Expression

'Swan' verbs often combine with prepositions like 'about' or 'around' for a whimsical tone.

Idiomatic Verbs

The verb form of 'swan' is informal and used more in spoken than in written English.

Colloquial Use

The noun 'swan' metaphorically represents an impressive transformation, like in the story 'The Ugly Duckling'.

Metaphorical Growth

Describing someone as a 'swan' implies they've positively changed and are now thriving.

Positive Evolution

 populations yeah so it's kind of important to act before it's too late as what it sounds like I know you mentioned a couple of birds just now we have some like pretty interesting things behind us we've been having or at least we have been having some swans some geese is

Elk Conservation in...

 are so probable and obvious, they're things that we can see, but we still don't do anything about. So I created the gray rhino metaphor to meet what I felt was an urgent need. To help us to take a fresh look, with the same passion that people had for the black swan,

Why we ignore obvious...

 much of it still unknown he and others can convince people to find ways to protect this area in the meantime bruce is already thinking about when and how he might be able to go back we kind of build this as bruce's swan song but just so everybody knows he doesn't

First Ascent of a Sky...

 and any tiny perturbation will make this instability occur. Now, some of you may have come to the mind that is this not related to the black swan concept you have heard about frequently? Remember, black swan is this rare bird

Didier Sornette: How we...

 Her tapestry showed the gods abusing their squabbling amongst themselves, drinking and bragging, and meddling in the lives of mortals. She represented Zeus as a philanderer, transfiguring himself to ensnare a swan for Leda,

The myth of Arachne  -...

 He wasn't an ugly duckling at all. During the winter, he had grown into a beautiful white swan. The other swans looked at him and thought how beautiful he was. "Come with us," they said. And he did.

How storytelling helps...

 in part, because their risk simulations are compute constrained. They can’t account for global or whole-market risks that are rare but severe and unpredictable. Black swan events, for example.

The promise of quantum...

 and skyscrapers can be medieval castles made out of glass. Forms got big, forms got bold and colorful. Dwarves became columns. Swans grew to the size of buildings. It was crazy.

Why the buildings of the...

 eight months of winter are over the land is green and the feeding is good here the swans will raise their baby chicks called cygnets

Only the Strong Survive...

 as the day ends the mayflies perform their swan song