Sentences with phrase «best wishful»

That MS would agree to such an intake is at best wishful thinking and at worst illusionary optimism.

To beat one dead horse, that little book 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth — well, it's at best wishful thinking and at worse deeply disingenuous.

Not exact matches

At best, it's wishful thinking.

Even allowing for a healthy number of wishful thinkers in the bunch, it's a good - sized group.

We like to believe we can both participate in a group chat via text and write our best - selling novel, but the truth is, we can't — and to think we can is wishful and naive.

When people say «It's ruining society» or «Life was better before,» that's wishful thinking.

Wishful thinking at best.

Chalk another one up to wishful thinking, but what good would it do us to have an all - powerful god hanging around that either couldn't or wouldn't eliminate evil, be it a separate force or a dreadful quality of mankind?

The cause for this wishful hope in institutions quickly appears: «In an increasingly globalized society, the common good and the effort to obtain it can not fail to assume the dimensions of the whole human family, that is to say, the community of peoples and nations.»

We might have dismissed Ezekiel's projects of reconstruction as no better than «wishful thinking» if the reconstruction had not in course of time actually come about (though not precisely as he had imagined it).

So unless we are to substitute wishful thinking for careful thinking, we need to ask what would be the possible reasons for God to test us with suffering, and are these in keeping with God being good and loving?

While this prediction accords with some ongoing dynamics of Christian history, and while it might be vindicated several centuries down the line, the persistent vitality of traditional Protestantism, as well as certain ecumenical moves by both Catholics and Protestants, suggest this was a kind of pro-Catholic wishful thinking on Tocqueville's part, as well as a too determinedly logical kind of thinking.

I don't believe your loving me could shut up your heart; it's only adding to what you've been before, not taking away from it; for it seems to me it's the same with love and happiness as with sorrow — the more we know of it the better we can feel what other people's lives are or might be, and so we shall only be more tender to»em, and wishful to help»em.

All of us, whatever we call ourselves, are vulnerable to wishful thinking; intellectual integrity requires that we safeguard ourselves against this danger as best we can.

= > wishful thinking at best as there is no evidence to support this claim.

It is wishful thinking to believe that the educational system can assume the responsibility of passing to the next generation the central and binding values, as well as the moral and ethical concepts, that set us free to be who we can be.

But unlike conservatives, they go beyond some vague, theoretical wishful thought about a «second chance» or hope for the good heathen who somehow repents.

Well, I say if the wishful thinking amounts to wishing that life made some sense, it seems to me that's very different from wishful thinking.

It can be combined just as well with wishful fantasies of future glory, with economic ideals and hopes, with thoughts of revenge and pictures of hell.

This is an area in which there has been a good deal of wishful thinking, rooted in part in the broader aspiration of modern Jews to maintain some link with Jewish tradition, while not stinting in any way on their modernity.

If it doesn't produce any good fruit, we shouldn't be trying to prop it up on sentimental attactment and wishful thinking.

When the One we love whispers to us, «All will be well,» it is more than wishful thinking.

It looks as if prayer for other persons might be mere wishful thinking — at best an attempt at thought transference, at worst a relic of primitive magic and incantation.

It seems very much like almost childish wishful thinking — If I'm good, I'll get rewarded.

Wishful thinking at best.

Wenger likes him, but he does realise that if he gets injured or looses form there is an immediate lack of goals from the team, Ive seen people write about how Walcott or Akpom may come good, but till its happened its Wishful thinking.

Well if any of this is true I hope some quality connections will be made between Klopp and Arsenal, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

you have to give it to WENGER when he is one step away from being sacked (wishful thinking), the team responds by winning few games and other teams inexplicably lose, perfect formula to keep our beloved 4th place and give WENGER something to brag about... btw WENGER so far so good see some changes... Sanogo on loan darn he is finally listening,

¬ ∂ They've only just met, the 63 - year - old icon and the 14 - year - old phenom, the best of all time and the prodigy whose besotted admirers — from red - ink - stained MLS executives to corporate sponsors to wishful U.S. futbol fans — envision him leading soccer's long - awaited charge into the American sports mainstream.

Maliek was good for a rookie but just that, Brown was lucky, yet the two were so hyped by fandom, we need to cut this out, wishful thinking masks real incompetence

Chelsea have lost 2 games all season, it's wishful thinking at best to suggest they're about to lose 4 games in 10.

Yes it's wishful thinking but it's all part and parcel of what Arsenal are all about... And no, it's not satisfactory but a bit of sunshine after a long ass storm is better than ending up as a drowned rat??

Winning the Europa league will not be an easy task and its just wishful thinking, thinking its our way back in to the champions league, we need to priotise our defending to have any hope as there will be bigger and better teams to face if we progress.

Maybe its wishful thinking, but I see totally different Nick now, he is trying, he maybe don't do as good as Olivier, but he is working, trying to take part in actions, not just being stunt in box waiting ball to try to score.

Of course there may be also a bias due to wishful thinking: in societies where equality is considered good, you'd like yourself to be close to the normal person.

Propaganda and wishful thinking at its best!!!

And «I believe it falls, as well, to our grantees to come forward with only their strongest science» — wishful thinking perhaps, given that virtually every biomedical scientist is seeking a slice of the stimulus package.

Even though such randomized placebo - controlled trials can take years to conduct, they offer the best hope for separating truth from wishful thinking.

Second, any dream of carbon taxes (or cap / trade revenue) being used by the government to further fund research or incentives is wishful thinking at best.

If we go into the journey with the right perspective, free of too - good - to - be-true wishful thinking, we can find sustained success.

Yasmina Ykelenstam: You can think that something's not affecting you and also there's, you know, the power of wishful thinking such as well, you know, a Snickers bar doesn't trigger me but a tomato does.

However, as we all well know, most of these workouts, routines or diets are often just wishful thinking.

Despite both of these statements being factually at odds with well established and accepted basic physiological research, you cling to them and since evidence disagrees with you, you can only support them with your personal opinions and wishful thinking.

I guess you can say this outfit is my wishful thinking for spring, oh my goodness this is a rough winter indeed and typically I enjoy wearing my heavy coats and luxe scarves, but we're talking about living the house «bear» style meaning that everything that's cute stays tucked inside of the thicker layer... Well I know I'm in Indy and I also know my girls from Florida, Cali and all the warmer regions are enjoying their winter very much, so I'm sure you ladies can take advantage of this outfit idea now rather than in two months!

I'm definitely a dreamer when it comes to makeup and hair because I wish I could have Stylisted show up every morning and pamper me... Wishful thinking, but it only makes the experience that much better!

What makes me smile is he knew me so well in every other way — I guess that comment was just wishful thinking!

I was hoping this would be the game xbox brings out and says «look, we can make a good game too» Boy was that wishful thinking.

Wishful thinking though it may be, recently the industry once again voiced its desire for rich, well - realized game worlds to get lost in, after The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt stormed to four million sales strong after only a fortnight on the market.

Well, I think what Mario Party fans want the most is for ND Cube to bring back the old Mario Party formula, but that's very wishful thinking at this point.

Morton Tyldum, Imitation Game Wishful thinking / too good to be true: Ava DuVernay