Quotes About Chaos

I think we opened a Pandora's box, took out a can of worms, and threw it at a hornet's nest." "You can say that again." But I didn't. I said, "We've been cut loose." I thought a moment, then added, "But I think we can go it alone." "I guess we have no choice. But I still want to know about West Point.

a place where the worst elements of humanity had defeated civilization.

kulttuurien kamppailu Huntingtonin merkityksessä tuntuu edelleen kaukaiselta mahdollisuudelta. Pikemminkin näemme samankaltaisen siirroksen, joka 500 viime vuoden mittaan päättyi miltei aina lännen eduksi. Yksi sivilisaatio heikkenee, toinen vahvistuu. Ratkaiseva kysymys ei ole, ryhtyvätkö ne taistelemaan, vaan heilahtaako heikompi heikkoudesta suoranaiseen kaaokseen.

there could be no planning because no one had time for it

there was an orgy of vandalism and looting

rigid structures of a hierarchical order can disintegrate with astounding rapidity.

En ambas economías el caos fiscal se aunaba con la inflación rampante, que en Alemania evocaba la hiperinflación de 1923.Y ¿no había sido Hitler el «hijo adoptivo de la inflación»?88

the unexpectedness of war

a chaos so great and so obscure that nothing about it can be known'.

The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart.

Tired soldiers made mistakes. Learn to sleep when it was time to sleep, no matter how chaotic things were, trusting it would be better the following day.

Welcome to war. It's always a SNAFU: situation normal, all f—ed up.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking has to be such an insane environment.

Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos.

I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos.

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

I love the Mumbai monsoons, but it really does get messy.

Whenever I get home the house becomes messy and chaotic. Kinvara, my daughter, said, 'Mummy, do you like it when Daddy is away, because the house is nice and clean?'

All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

There's a little bit of Sid and Nancy to the Joker and Harley look, which I always felt would not be a bad look if they were in a live-action movie.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.