Xachariah comments on Rationality Quotes July 2013 - Less Wrong

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

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

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.