wishful

Our quest for better leaders—“Change we can believe in”— is wishful thinking.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans

Philip K. Howard

December 27, 2014

But the idea he is going to attract droves of non-traditional Republican supporters is nothing more than wishful thinking.

Rand Paul's Bill Maher Problem

Jamie Weinstein

October 14, 2014

Sometimes the wishful thinking was done by well-known individuals—the Dalai Lama and Ralph Bunche.

Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize

P. J. O’Rourke

October 11, 2014

At least 65 Peace Prizes have been awarded for wishful thinking.

Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize

P. J. O’Rourke

October 11, 2014

Does a Middle East foreign policy determined by wishful thinking and poor information sound familiar?

America, Once Again Dazed and Confused in the Middle East

Scott Anderson

September 22, 2013

But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it.

He looked at me real sharp, an' sort of wishful, and then he says, "You look like a good woman."

I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure.

I hoped that I was correct; maybe it was wishful thinking, but I claim that right.

We are weary of our voyage of discovery and wishful to arrive at the promised land.