A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
Some people never seem to learn from experience. No matter how often they had seen the lion devour the lamb, they continued… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Other people's ideas of us are dependent largely on what they've hoped for. — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“All of us want to bury our heads in the sand when taxes are due, when we have bad habits we know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is a sense in which all cognition can be said to be motivated. One is motivated to understand the world, to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Everyone— black as well as white— thinks it's going to be better over the next jump of land.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean,… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
“Someone who operates from a place of wishful thinking is—in essence—a closet pessimist.” — Todd Henry Copy Share Image
“You can get what you want in life. You must reach out with all your heart.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“From Wishful Thinking...Sydney's first siting of her soon to be love interest, "as I gazed across the fire the hairs on the… — S.P. Wilcox Copy Share Image
“Reality does not yield to wishful thinking and truth cannot be established by a political party (or any other organization for that… — Bill Schutt Copy Share Image
I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“I fantasized how no matter what happened, no one could ever come between us, call it wishful thinking, I called it a… — Holly Hood Copy Share Image
It had been wishful thinking, plain and simple, dangerous for me to indulge in. Hope, happiness and freedom were not in my… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“The nice girl loses an important protective mechanism when she assumes that life is fair, or that Prince Charming will always protect… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
“This is an age of superstition and wishful thinking. The sky is full of evening's empires, and every one of them is… — Paul J. McAuley Copy Share Image
“What started out as wishful thinking, angel given signs from above, was now just an imprisoned lot of dirty, broken pieces that… — Elizabeth Lee Copy Share Image
“The archduke will see you now,” Bishop Riphaen said to von Pappenheim, interrupting his wishful thinking. “And he is most eager to… — Stephen A. Reger Copy Share Image
The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking. — George Sarton Copy Share Image
No fight is harder than the struggle against the thing you want most to believe. — Martha Albrand Copy Share Image
I get by on wishful thinking that when you come home you'll want to stay. — Amanda Marshall Copy Share Image
