Wishful Quotes

104 quotes by 92 authors

The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron… — Kenneth E. Boulding
I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to… — Jan C. Ting
If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more… — Kofi Annan
I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being… — Steve Nash
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what human… — Irving Langmuir
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
About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church... As long as I can remember. I have resented mass indoctrination.… — Albert Einstein
Some say Christianity is just a crutch. But let's turn the question on its edge for a moment. Is atheism an emotional crutch, wishful thinking?… — Greg Koukl
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and… — Robert A. Heinlein
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking — Thucydides
At first glance, the idea that some UFOs may be vehicles from outside the Earth seems utterly preposterous, the baseless result of wishful thinking by… — Don Berliner
[Faith] is nothing more than wishful thinking, and the wish is no evidence of anything beyond itself. Yet so many religious people take their wishes… — Vincent Bugliosi
The bubble hasn't popped yet and there's tremendous value in social media. ... But it's wishful thinking to believe that others on the 'me too'… — Peter Fader
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting… — Marc Ian Barasch
To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies… — C.S. Lewis
The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills… — C.S. Lewis
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob. — Jim Rogers
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isnâ€™t wishful thinking. Itâ€™s the rule. — A. A. Gill
A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is far more Darwinian… — David M. Raup
Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking. . . . If we are to be sure of our liberty, we… — Jonathan M. Wainwright

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