Quotes about Ugly duckling

I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the Ugly Duckling! Votes: 7

And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet. Votes: 6

There are no ugly ducklings. Votes: 5

In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something. Votes: 5

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much. Votes: 5

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing. Votes: 5

Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives. Votes: 5

I was always the ugly duckling; I never got attention from girls. Votes: 4

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me. Votes: 4

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks. Votes: 4

I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features. Votes: 4

I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname. Votes: 4

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make. Votes: 4

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same. Votes: 4

There's something almost perfect in the ugly duckling syndrome. Because a sensitivity is tattooed on a part of you no one else can see but can somehow guess is there. Votes: 4

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are. Votes: 4

Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, 'I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling. Votes: 4

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 of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan. Votes: 4

Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. . . . I have played my life as a comedy rather than the tragedy many would have made of it. Votes: 4

What influenced my style was the feeling that I was a lousy artist... I was like the ugly duckling, not knowing what I was, style-wise, and thinking I was all on my own... I evolved into a style that couldn't be compared to anyone else. Votes: 4

I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and it was the same way in high school... I was just kind of that awkward theater kid with a bunch of athletes... it was very Glee. Votes: 4

Prince Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who ever left Cinderella for the Ugly Duckling. Votes: 3

Nobody really metamorphoses. Cinderella is always Cinderella, just in a nicer dress. The Ugly Duckling was always a swan, just a smaller version. And I bet the tadpole and the caterpillar still feel the same, even when they're jumping and flying, swimming and floating.Just like I am now. Votes: 3

I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and it was the same way in high school... I was just kind of that awkward theater kid with a bunch of athletes... it was very 'Glee.' Votes: 2

I was considered an ugly duckling. Votes: 1

I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty. Votes: 1

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks. Votes: 1

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems. Votes: 1

On the one hand, I always get the young ingenue, pretty parts. But I don't think of myself that way because I was an ugly duckling when I was growing up. I have to be reminded when I play a part sometimes that I'm playing the pretty girl. Votes: 1

In America, there's a programme called 'The Swan.' They take 12 ugly people and call them 'ugly ducklings.' They spend six months and have everything done - plastic surgery, teeth, everything. And then they have this moment where their family is brought in, and they are revealed. It's scary. Votes: 1

My story wasn't one of those cliched stories of being an ugly duckling, I had a pretty good time at school. But then I think being six foot by the age of 15 meant that I couldn't help but be noticed, and that was when my physical being felt quite painful - I could not any longer walk into a room without being noticed. Votes: 1

This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan. Votes: 0

In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Votes: 0