Historical clue formulations

• Bit of wishful thinking — 2025-04-05
• Wildly improbable goal — 2019-06-18
• Wishful fantasy — 2014-12-22
• What many a character in "The Iceman Cometh" expresses — 2012-12-01
• Unrealistic idea — 2009-05-19
• Bit of wishful thinking — 2007-10-25
• It's unlikely to be realized — 2006-05-13