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Comment author: baiter 04 July 2013 01:20:38PM 10 points [-]

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

English proverb

Comment author: Cthulhoo 04 July 2013 01:55:24PM 8 points [-]

It should also be noted that if one doesn't start wishing for a horse, the probability of obtaining one decreases furtherly.

I know this is meant to be a call to action instead of contemplation, but sometimes I've heard it quoted intending : "Be and adult, stop whishing for very-difficoult-to-obtain things", and this is a statement I don't agree with.

Comment author: Xachariah 20 July 2013 04:26:20AM 4 points [-]

If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

  • Jayne Cobb, Objects in Space, Firefly
Comment author: Kindly 20 July 2013 02:41:41PM 3 points [-]

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

Gurney Halleck in Dune by Frank Herbert

Comment author: [deleted] 21 July 2013 04:21:06PM 1 point [-]

If wishes were ingots, beggars would smelt.

The titular anthropomorphic wombat in Digger by Ursula Vernon.

Comment author: DanielLC 23 July 2013 09:17:40PM -2 points [-]

If wishes were horses, then My Little Pony would be about wishes. Who wants to watch a cartoon about wishes?

Comment author: linkhyrule5 24 July 2013 02:34:36AM 0 points [-]

Ahem..

Comment author: DanielLC 24 July 2013 02:56:17AM 1 point [-]

If wishes were horses, Puella Magi Madoka Magica would be My Little Pony?

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