Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

In chaos, there is fertility.

There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity.

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.

This life is messy.

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.

Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to the next. Politics, religion, economics, and the institutions of family and community all have become abruptly unsure.

When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.

The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

People think of waves as going in an orderly crash - whoosh - crash - whoosh, but in fact there are lots of different crashes and whooshes, all at different stages, and all going off at the same time.

Things are electric. If we don't make up our minds on what we are going to do ... there will be pandemonium. Of course, if we do there may also be pandemonium.

The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things.

Instability is never a good idea.

Destiny and history are untidy.

We live in a... chaotic world.

People are tired of constant movement, improvisation, and wild scrambling when plans fail.

A revolution resembles the death of a fading star, an exhilarating Technicolor explosion that gives way not to an ordered new galaxy but to a nebula, a formless cloud of shifting energy.

Life's messy.

But I like the chaos. As long as it's happy chaos.

I like being out on a limb and not know what we're doing and why: just deal with it, the mayhem, you know?