#wishful thinking

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

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I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking. ↗

— Jan Brewer

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Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality. ↗

— Andrew Lo

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Where there is life there is wishful thinking. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

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Wishful thinking is not sound public policy. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

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Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. ↗

— Mary Martin

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