Quotes about Chaos
Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
— Jeremiah 4:29
“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.
— Jeremiah 50:22
Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
— Ezekiel 22:5
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
— Hosea 4:2
The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
— Nahum 3:2
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
— Nahum 3:3
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
— Mark 14:2
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
— Acts 19:29
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
— Acts 19:32
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
— Acts 21:30
The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
— Pablo Picasso
Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.
— Vance Havner