Paul Valery Quotes

I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order.

I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of chaos okay, or is chaos always an evil force? I mean, these are questions that any kid who's ever been in a school cafeteria can relate to.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

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

We live in a... chaotic world.

Chaos is what we have. That is what I believe.

A rule is a rule.

It's hard to represent chaos, or like an absence of something. It's much easier to represent the presence of something or a situation.

Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

The first great law is to obey.

Like chaos in a glass cage.

Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or perfect order.

Chaos is the penance for leisure.

Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

She carries chaos like an overcoat.

Chaos is impatient. It's random. And above all it's selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.

I pulled out box after box, setting them haphazardly around the room. My organization lacked something - like, say, organization.

Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos.

My duty is to obey orders.

We put up with a lot to be saved from chaos. We always have.

One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom.

I'm chaos, I've always been chaos, my point on Earth is chaos.