Naive Quotes

345 Naive quotes by 319 unique authors

Not naive,' Conch shell had corrected him. 'He simply has not been taught to fear the things you fear. — Tom Robbins
I want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men arouse fierce desires… — Anais Nin
Nobody's that naive," she muttered. "Nobody's that guileless." "He's from Nebraska." Peabody scanned her pocket unit. "From where?" "Nebraska." Peabody waived a hand, vaguely west....… — Nora Roberts
Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it… — Cassandra Clare
The deeper reality is that I’m not sure if what I do is real. I usually believe that I’m certain about how I feel, but… — Chuck Klosterman
People are naive about such things, and they would rather write them off as evil than attempt to understand them. An unfortunate truth, but a… — Erin Morgenstern
This, she thought, isn’t just for today. It’s for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it… — Laini Taylor
I am naive enough to read incessantly because I cannot, on my own, get to know enough people profoundly enough. — Harold Bloom
Sallie Mae sounds like a naive and barefoot hillbilly girl but in fact they are a ruthless and aggressive conglomeration of bullies located in a… — David Sedaris
A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems… — Anton Chekhov
I was naive and thought we could express our feelings to each other- not suppress them and keep holding them back. Well, it was what… — George Harrison
[My father] loved me tenderly and shyly from a distance, and later on took a naive pride in seeing my name in print. — Arthur Koestler
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is… — Carl Sagan
Roads are no place for naive chickens dreaming of nirvana. — Shalom Auslander
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used… — Paulo Coelho
How unbelievably naive we both were that night. We clung hard to each other, making vows we couldn't keep and should never have spoken aloud.… — Paula McLain
High School. Society’s bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life. — Chris Colfer
It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it… — Jonathan Safran Foer
It's not fair!" (Ryssa) Because life was ever about fairness. Oh, to be as naive as his sister. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Please don't take him away from this world. Please don't let him die here in my arms, not after everything we've been through together, not… — Marie Lu
I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three… — Brooke Shields
Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do. — Alan Ball
I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an… — Bruce Feiler
The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory… — Evgeny Morozov
Too often people view idealists as naive. — Jacqueline Novogratz

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