Maybe this is wishful thinking, Probably mindless dreaming…

Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

— Anne Lamott

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

— R. J. Palacio

When you find an idea that you just can't stop thinking about, that's probably a good one to pursue.

— Josh James

“My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.”

— R.J. Palacio

“When Jim was growing up, good colleges were challenging to get into, but it wasn't like it is today, when being a solid, diligent…

— Kate Fagan

“My fingers combed through my dark hair, short and straight, landing in choppy, uneven ends nearly level with my chin. The color reminded me…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for…

— Willa Cather

The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good…

— Jeremy Grantham

“Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and enslaved, just…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Hilda observed that science always loses its way when guided by ideology or wishful thinking.”

— David Lagercrantz

There's nothing harder to stop than somebody who wants to believe a miracle.

— Leslie Ford

“Anyway, I thought, it's wishful thinking, all this talk of ghosts. If the dead wandered among us, their spirits still present on this earth,…

— Carolyn Parkhurst

Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.

— Frank Herbert

Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise…

— Marvin Minsky

“What would be the use of distributing millions upon billions upon trillions of sublime rasa-saturated scriptures if, as a result of all the hustle…

— Aindra Das