Even though I was chronologically 21, I was pretty immature and naive for my age, having grown up in a small, isolated… — Susan Schneider Copy Share Image
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
As during the time of kings it would have been naive to think that the king's firstborn son would be the fittest… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal. — Bill Gurley Copy Share Image
We are more naive than those of the Middle Ages, and more frightened, for we can be made to believe almost anything. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive. — Luc Tuymans Copy Share Image
At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and… — Jack Wild Copy Share Image
Dalai Lama was leading his country during the rigors of World War II, he was in Beijing for a year in 1954;… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but I love life. I am happy, and for… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get… — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
I don't read music. I refuse to learn how to do that. I barely know half the chords I'm playing. I like… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
I suppose you always look back at how easier things were being young. There's always a shame that you're not as naive… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly hopeful - in many ways, still very naive. I think a lot of that has helped me. My sort of… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
Blessed are those who are so naive that they do not know what they cannot do. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
The West Wing' is an extremely naive entry into politics and political thinking. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
“If you're naive - which means immature, inexperienced, or a bit thick - you get eaten alive.” — Malorie Blackman 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
