Naive Quotes

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I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left… — J. J. Abrams
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid… — Amy Adams
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie… — Russell Baker
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. — Saul Bellow
I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring,… — Elayne Boosler
There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding… — Tony Campolo
The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. — Tia Carrere
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched… — Jonathan Carroll
I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. — Johnny Carson
You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a… — Claude Chabrol
I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first. — Kurt Cobain
I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected… — Kirstie Alley
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the… — Harlan Coben
Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get… — Chinua Achebe
It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices… — Paulo Freire
Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time... Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve; he made 'em both a little bit naive. — Yip Harburg
Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker" in the usual… — Albert Einstein

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