Quotes About Chaos

Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.

Soldier or sailor, the fighting man is but a fiend; and the staff and body-guard of the Devil musters many a baton.

And not a man appears to tell their fate.

Men become utilitarian out of fear of the alternative the chaos of tangled or tepid desires, of rootlessness and boredom.

The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.

I am very fulfilled in my home life, and what films do for me is to create an ironclad structure that, in my life as a mom, does not exist. It is a shapeless blob of happy chaos.

Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back.

Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?

When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!

MOMB - noun - One who can deal with all of the INSANITY of being a MOM... Because she's the BOMB!

Onstage I've been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

What are children anyway? Midget drunks. They greet you in the morning by kneeing you in the face and talking gibberish. They can't even walk straight.

I'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of tea in the morning, so it's something good to wake up to.

Mother-love is not inevitable. The good mother is a great artist ever creating beauty out of chaos

Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!

I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order. The point is, I find the female roles out there very cliché. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves.

When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.

Motherhood is heart-exploding, blissful hysteria.

Life as Hunter Thompson's mother was no weenie roast.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.