Naive Quotes

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The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field....Merely think, here is a… — Claude Monet
Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be united, but not… — Pope Benedict XVI
What attracted me to immunology was that the whole thing seemed to revolve around a very simple experiment: take two different antibody molecules and compare… — Cesar Milstein
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. — Charlie Pierce
It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of… — Paul Feyerabend
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
It seems so utterly naive that landscape - not that of the pictorial school - is not considered of "social significance" when it has a… — Edward Weston
If wine disappeared from human production, I believe there would be, in the health and intellect of the planet, a void, a deficiency far more… — Charles Baudelaire
Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it. — Oscar Arias
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went… — Steven Pinker
Positive thinking is no longer for drifters, dreamers and the perpetually naive. People who think positively see more opportunities, perform better, take more often correct… — Herman Van Rompuy
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. — Willie Nelson
The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To… — Charles Eisenstein
We Jews continue to be amazed with the ease by which Christian Americans have fallen into our hands. While the naive Americans wait for Khrushchev… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality. — Clifton Fadiman
My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way. — Anna Faris
I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've… — Ed Harris
There's so much of a desire in the entertainment industry for newness, a desire to build somebody up and then treat them as old news… — Felicity Jones

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