It's not spin. It's not wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, as we saw at Davos, the global climate debate is polluted with myths and wishful thinking.

This might be wishful thinking, however. And, even if social unrest does erupt, repression might succeed again.

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

Attempts to construe this conscious political decision not to be blackmailed as voluntary isolation can, therefore, be nothing more than wishful thinking.

There are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the Scriptures, knowing only their own wishful thinking and following only conjecture.

There are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the Scriptures, knowing only their own wishful thinking and following only conjecture.

And they say None will go to Paradise but the Jews and the Christians but this is only wishful thinking. Say Bring the proof if you are truthful.

And they say None will go to Paradise but the Jews and the Christians but this is only wishful thinking. Say Bring the proof if you are truthful.

And they say, None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian. That is merely their wishful thinking, Say, Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.

And they say, None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian. That is merely their wishful thinking, Say, Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.

They declare, None shall ever enter Heaven unless he be a Jew or a Christian. This is their own wishful thinking. Prophet , say, Produce your evidence if you are telling the truth.

They declare, None shall ever enter Heaven unless he be a Jew or a Christian. This is their own wishful thinking. Prophet , say, Produce your evidence if you are telling the truth.

It is unclear how much of this is wishful thinking and how much is based on real shifts in identities and attachments. Survey evidence shows that attachment to the nation state remains quite strong.

NEW YORK The conventional wisdom that sub Saharan Africa has moved beyond military coups may be wishful thinking. In the past two years, Africa has seen successful coups in Niger, Guinea, Madagascar, and Mauritania.

Who could have said with certainty that the economic upturn announced by Hollande was real rather than aspirational? Beyond his message s wishful thinking, the public s reaction to the messenger was a mixture of disbelief and indifference.

Given the difficulty of coming up with even 10 billion a year let alone the 200 billion a year that is needed for mitigation and adaptation it is wishful thinking to expect an agreement along these lines.

As was true three years ago, many hope for an Asian decoupling that this high flying region will be immune to global shocks. But, with GDP growth now slowing across Asia, that hope appears to be wishful thinking.

Paradise is not obtained by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.

Paradise is not obtained by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.

After 42 years of dictatorship, Libya, like Iraq in 2003 after the fall of Saddam Hussein, needs more than wishful thinking to become a vibrant democracy. It needs organized state building in Tripoli and realistic policymaking in Western capitals.

They will call to them, Were we not with you? They will say, Yes, but you cheated your souls, and waited, and doubted, and became deluded by wishful thinking, until the command of God arrived and arrogance deceived you regarding God.

They will call to them, Were we not with you? They will say, Yes, but you cheated your souls, and waited, and doubted, and became deluded by wishful thinking, until the command of God arrived and arrogance deceived you regarding God.

But there are fundamental reasons to believe that the eurozone s investment rate will remain permanently depressed. The often invoked investment gap is mostly a result of wishful thinking, and the remaining barriers to investment have little to do with a lack of financing.

In fact, one may wonder if the world has made of Sharon a providential man because it wanted so much to believe that there was still hope around the corner in the Middle East. Was this wishful thinking or self fulfilling prophecy?

With the US on the way to achieving energy independence, there is a risk that America and its Western allies will consider the Middle East less strategically important. That belief is wishful thinking a burning Middle East can destabilize the world in many ways.

Europeans, both debtors and creditors, must address the banking problem forthrightly, and simultaneously with the euro, sovereign debt, and fiscal adjustment issues. Pretending that banks that passed modest stress tests can be kept open indefinitely with little collateral damage is wishful and dangerous thinking.

The hypocrites will call to the believers, Were we not with you? They will say, Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited misfortune for us and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

The hypocrites will call to the believers, Were we not with you? They will say, Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited misfortune for us and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

The hypocrites will call out to the faithful Were we not on your side? They will reply, Yes, but you gave in to temptation, you wavered and doubted and were deceived by your wishful thinking until God's will was done then the Deceiver Satan misled you about God.

The hypocrites will call out to the faithful Were we not on your side? They will reply, Yes, but you gave in to temptation, you wavered and doubted and were deceived by your wishful thinking until God's will was done then the Deceiver Satan misled you about God.

But it is wishful thinking to believe that they can be persuaded to act otherwise by international declarations that lack enforcement mechanisms. If we have learned one thing in the development business, it is that real reform cannot be bought with donors money, let alone with vague promises of money.

To his credit, British Prime Minister David Cameron clearly understands the importance of increasing the military pressure on ISIS he had been held back by a head under the blanket faction in his own Conservative Party and in Parliament as a whole. But Europe indeed, civilization won t be kept safe by wishful thinking.

But this useless reaction to the laws of the global market economy hides the fact that Germany s problems are largely a result of an overblown welfare state and extremely aggressive union policies over the last thirty years. Even Marx knew that the iron laws of economics could not be overcome by wishful thinking.

BEIJING Now that the green shoots of recovery have withered, the debate over fiscal stimulus is back with a vengeance. In the United States, those who argue for another stimulus package observe that it was always wishful thinking to believe that a 787 billion package could offset a 3 trillion fall in private spending.

The saving rate is the lifeblood of any economy, because foreigners cannot be expected to finance capital investment forever. But all the talk of wondrous returns could spur what psychologists call wishful thinking bias, leading people to believe that their personal accounts will be so valuable in the future that outside saving is unnecessary.

Romney had no miracle cure, either, but he attempted to tap into voters wishful thinking bias, by promising to reduce the size of the government and cut marginal tax rates. That would work if it were true that the best way to ensure economic recovery were to leave more money on the table for individuals.

Most of the popular attention that the superstar cities theory has received merely reflects the psychology of the housing boom that we have been seeing, as well as a wishful thinking bias. People want to believe that the boom will continue, and that their investments in their favorite city are thus special and exciting.

Until then, decoupling arguments, whether applied to relations between Europe and America or Europe s financial sector and the rest of the economy, should be seen as having a single purpose to deny the very real threats to the continued expansion of the European economy. Some of this, no doubt, is wishful thinking on the part of economically unsophisticated people.

Some say we should not worry, that democracy and the market are now too well established in Ukraine to be replaced that reform is irreversible and that the country s ruling oligarchic clans, like those of Eastern Europe, will in time become law abiding capitalists. Alas, this view is based more on wishful thinking than on reality.

And yet people are interestingly resistant to the idea of applying evolutionary thinking to thinking to our thinking.

It's actually very basic stuff thinking about continuity, thinking about backups, thinking about the things that actually matter.

And some of them are common (people) and do not know the Book, but only wishful thoughts, and they are only doubters.

And some of them are common (people) and do not know the Book, but only wishful thoughts, and they are only doubters.