"WHEN ALL HOPE IS LOST, THERE IS ALWAYS VENGEANCE!"

PARAPHRASED, ARAGON, THE LOST KING IN LORD OF THE RINGS, TOLKIEN

"A HOME WITHOUT A CAT - AND A WELL-FED, WELL-PETTED, AND PROPERLY REVERED CAT - MAY BE A PERFECT HOME, PERHAPS, BUT HOW CAN IT PROVE TITLE?"

MARK TWAIN, PUDD'NHEAD WILSON, CHAPTER 1.

"DON'T THINK TOO DEEPLY; IT WEAKENS THE POWER OF DECISION"

Aristocratic Hero to concerned sidekick in Afghani about clan revenge, death and love,epic film, "God is my Witness," 1983

""The cost of close looks is generally too high under the conditions of speed, risk, and limited capacity imposed upon organisms by their environment or their constitutions. The ability to use minimal cues quickly in categorizing the events of the environment is what gives the organism its lead time in adjusting to events. Pause and close inspection inevitably cut down on this precious interval for adjustment.""

Jerome Bruner as quoted by Karl E. Weick in his seminal work, Sensemaking in Organizations, Sage Publications, 1995, p.58.

"Knowing how to create relevant patterns from incomplete input is what keeps you alive in a complex changing world. This skill is the essence of advanced education and if you do not have it now, we will make it happen at least once in this course."

Demchak, to incoming students, 2003