I really believe in completely being naive and having high hopes when meeting someone new. I can kind of re-do my stupidity… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive,… — Douglas Sirk Copy Share Image
Just as the apparent openness of rectitude will have its hidden places where foul things moulder in the dark, so, in the… — William McIlvanney Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
“One must distinguish between naïve and deliberate Camp. Pure Camp is always naive. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ("camping") is… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
There's so much cynicism around in Britain, especially in the press. The American press might be naive, but at least you feel… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
You are very familiar with Western ways, but you are too young. You go everywhere to follow the big news, but the… — Jiang Zemin Copy Share Image
I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was… — Anurag Kashyap Copy Share Image
Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You're idealizing everything too much. No, the grass isn't greener. If you need proof, spend the weekend with a married couple. To… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When your naive in life you make many mistakes. You play with peoples feelings. You take people that love you for granted.… — Jackie Copy Share Image
I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Harvard prides itself on its diversity - economic, racial, social, geographical - but it remains intellectually segregated. It's not what conservative commentators… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Mainstream Jewish intellectuals became 'pro'-Israel after the June 1967 war when Israel became the U.S.A.' s strategic asset in the Middle East,… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more.… — Carole King Copy Share Image
Being a president is an impossible job - it's naive to think someone can do the job and not bend the law… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
A child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very… — Katie Leung Copy Share Image
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't,… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
The experience of being a young, blonde, naive but well-intentioned young producer was both intimidating and eye-opening. — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
We were so naive. You know, like thinking that playing one gig out in the middle of nowhere in Texas was going… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
“I'm working on a poem about heartbreak that I've been working on forever (give or take). The problem is that I've never… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
The creative genius may be at once naive and knowledgeable, being at home equally with primitive symbolism and rigorous logic. — Frank X. Barron Copy Share Image
I was naive. Before 'Larrikins,' I thought passion, hard work, and a skill set will mean that anything you want to do… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
People have said to me, 'What have you got to be unhappy about?' It's naive and it's hurtful. That person may not… — Frankie Bridge Copy Share Image
“In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems. — David Puttnam Copy Share Image
There is this way that I felt when I was younger that we were beyond history and we were all citizens of… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I believe that everything is political, and as such it should concern all of us. Authors who claim they don't deal with… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
You have to be either naive or power-hungry to get into politics. I wouldn't consider it myself. I am too well-informed. — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
“I guess she thought if I stayed with her or if I got in touch with her while I was here, I… — Zøe Haslie Copy Share Image
I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about… — Robert Snodgrass Copy Share Image
When you get to Tennessee, Nashville people are nice, and there are a lot of snakes, and they take that niceness and… — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
