“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”

“Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.”

“But like all simple things, once you add the human element, all hell breaks loose.”

“I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect. ”

“And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.”

“All hell broke loose- and I mean that more literally that you can possibly imagine.”