The point seems to be that Buffett thinks the United States needs to take radical steps, and undergo some pain in the short run, to ensure the longer-term health of the economy. Perhaps there are other solutions that make more sense than mine, ... However, wishful thinking -- and its usual companion, thumb sucking -- is not among them.
Quotes about wishful (16 Quotes)
Of course, I quiet agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable discomfort. But it does not begin in comfort it begins in the dismay and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay. In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is one thing you cannot get looking for it. If you look for the 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 with and the in the end, despair.
If someone is addicted to chocolate, this may be a better choice than other chocolate bars. But to think that you are going to lower blood cholesterol levels, or chance of heart disease, by eating two of these a day - that is just wishful thinking.
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
In the celebration of today's prosperity, I'm concerned that some of the basic but important fundamentals of investing are being lost on investors, or, even worse, being ignored, ... Unless investors truly understand both the opportunities and the risks of today's market, too many may fall victim to their own wishful thinking.
From Scotland am I stol'n, even of pure love,
To greet mine own land with my wishful sight.
Business is business and business has to be run as a business. It has to be on paper. Business can't be hocus-pocus, or wishful thinking. You have to understand your market.
A true atheist is one who is willing to face the full consequences of what it means to say there is no God. Given some of what we treat as religion, this is a significant commitment. The bottom line is that ... many an atheist is a believer without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn't. So it goes ... ... Wishful Thinking.
Trust your hunches . . . Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning Do not confuse your hunches with wishful thinking. This is the road to disaster.
Where there is life there is wishful thinking.
Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith.
I think many Liberians see the United States as sort of a godfather figure. They see the United States as the place of their ancestors ... but I think that's wishful thinking.
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
He's not probable, he's questionable. I got a little ahead of myself and I apologize. I was hoping he was probable. I said that with 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.
Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.