Swans can refer to:
- Swan, the bird
- Military
- SWANS, the South African Women's Auxiliary Naval Service
- Music
- Swans (band), an American band formed in 1982
- Swans (EP), an EP by the above band
- Swans, an EP by the Filipino electronic act Names Are For Tombstones (NAFT)
- The Swans, a short-lived American girl group active in the early 1960s
- Places
- Swan's Island, Maine, an Island town in America
- Sawans, Punjab, A village and Union Council of Mianwali Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
- Sport
- Swansea City A.F.C., a football club nicknamed the Swans
- Sydney Swans, Australian rules football club
- Brand
- Swans (eyewear), Japanese eyewear brand
- Publications
- Swans (magazine), Swans Commentary, international online journal
Famous quotes containing the word swans:
“Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“O death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
—Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
“I know of the sleepy country, where swans fly round
Coupled with golden chains, and sing as they fly.
A king and a queen are wandering there, and the sound
Has made them so happy and hopeless, so deaf and so blind
With wisdom, they wander till all the years have gone by....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)