Wishful thinking Quote by Ernst Pawel Download Open image ““Common consensus is not thought but wishful thinking.”” — Ernst Pawel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Wishful thinking
“Consensus is horrible. I mean, if everyone really agrees on something and consensus comes about quickly and naturally, well that’s terrific. But that isn’t… — Jossey-Bass Copy Share Image
“Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Consensus is horrible. I mean, if everyone really agrees on something and consensus comes about quickly and naturally, well that’s terrific. But that isn’t… — Jossey-Bass Copy Share Image
“If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
“When we all think alike, no one is thinking.” — Lipmann W. Public Opinion. Harcourt Brace Co. 1922 Copy Share Image
“Nothing expresses Kafka’s innermost sense of self more profoundly than his lapidary definition of “writing as a form of prayer”: he was a writer.… — Ernst Pawel Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There's nothing harder to stop than somebody who wants to believe a miracle. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“Hilda observed that science always loses its way when guided by ideology or wishful thinking.” — David Lagercrantz Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
