--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You can only be innocent for so long…" description: "\"“You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're just plain stupid.”\" — Wentworth Boughn" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg" --- # You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're… ![“You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're just plain stupid.” quote by Wentworth Boughn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg) > ““You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're just plain stupid.”” Wentworth Boughn ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Only a short period of innocence is possible before foolishness sets in if **In simple terms:** Innocence ends, then stupidity follows. Key Takeaway Recognize when naiveté becomes harmful. Themes innocence stupidity self-awareness Mood reflective cautionary Type Innocent:1 Stupid:1 Long Just:0 Plain Stupid:1 Innocent Long:0 When to use this quote - personal growth - relationships - decision making Key Concepts psychology human nature Questions to Reflect On - How long can innocence last? - When does it become harmful? A Different Perspective People may still be naive despite warnings. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Related quotes > [Putting us in risk is just plain stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-teti/putting-us-in-risk-is-just-plain-stupid/) [Joe Teti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-teti/) > [To err once is a mistake, twice a misfortune but three times is just plain stupid!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-err-once-is-a-mistake-twice-a-misfortune-but-three-times-is-just/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Werewolves? Oh please, just plain stupid. Who wants to get it on with a man ruled by his inner dog?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/werewolves-oh-please-just-plain-stupid-who-wants-to-get-it-on-with-a/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) > [Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/our-building-practices-for-the-past-century-have-been-plain-stupid/) [James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/) > [Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/stupidity-really-gets-me-going-when-it-s-just-plain-stupid-obvious/) [Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/) > [Don't leave someone that been with you for so long just because you found someone new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-leave-someone-that-been-with-you-for-so-long-just-because-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You can only be creative so long and then you're just down and out and completely destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams-iii/you-can-only-be-creative-so-long-and-then-you-re-just-down-and-out/) [Hank Williams III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams-iii/) > [“We looked at each other a little too long to be ‘just friends”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/unfind/we-looked-at-each-other-a-little-too-long-to-be-just-friends/) Unfind > [How long before I'm just a memory?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/how-long-before-i-m-just-a-memory/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I don't know where I'm going, and I don't care where I'm going. As long as I can just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-don-t-know-where-i-m-going-and-i-don-t-care-where-i-m-going-as-long/) [Terry Bozzio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-bozzio/) > [You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donny-deutsch/you-can-be-hard-on-people-as-long-as-you-re-just-as-hard-on-yourself/) [Donny Deutsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donny-deutsch/) > [I've tried to do the sad-bastard thing for long enough. I just want to have a good time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anderson-east/i-ve-tried-to-do-the-sad-bastard-thing-for-long-enough-i-just-want-to/) [Anderson East](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anderson-east/) > [I've been in pain for so long now I'm just used to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-coleman/i-ve-been-in-pain-for-so-long-now-i-m-just-used-to-it/) [Ronnie Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-coleman/) > [You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-can-only-hold-a-smile-for-so-long-after-that-it-s-just-teeth/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Sometimes relationship ends long before, But you just want it to go because you don't know who does wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/sometimes-relationship-ends-long-before-but-you-just-want-it-to-go/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) ## More Innocent quotes > [A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-meynell/a-garden-has-a-curious-innocent-way-of-consuming-cash-while-all-the/) [Esther Meynell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-meynell/) > [We are innocent. We are not criminals or terrorists. We are revolutionary guerillas and have been captured in the course of building a resistance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/we-are-innocent-we-are-not-criminals-or-terrorists-we-are/) [Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/) > [My political views have never made me insensitive to the pain and suffering caused to the innocent victims of events such as the Warrington…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-fox/my-political-views-have-never-made-me-insensitive-to-the-pain-and/) [Claire Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-fox/) > [Antidepressants are the biggest fraud in the world. Number one, Prozac gives you a royal soft-on like you wouldn't believe, and number two you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-evans/antidepressants-are-the-biggest-fraud-in-the-world-number-one-prozac/) [Robert Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-evans/) > [I have clearly said we faced terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people and we have to stop them and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-have-clearly-said-we-faced-terrorist-enemies-who-use-islam-to/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-newsom/make-no-mistake-conversion-therapy-is-not-about-praying-away-the-gay/) [Gavin Newsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-newsom/) > [I don't like small birds. They hop around so merrily outside my window, looking so innocent. but I know that secretly, they're watching my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-like-small-birds-they-hop-around-so-merrily-outside-my-window/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You're lying through your fangs," Iggy accused. Fang tried to play innocent--but "innocent Fang" is an oxymoron, so it didn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/you-re-lying-through-your-fangs-iggy-accused-fang-tried-to-play/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [Adorable innocent face :3](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massie-moxley/adorable-innocent-face-3/) [Massie Moxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massie-moxley/) > [I may look innocent. .but I surely can put you in lot of trouble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vedica/i-may-look-innocent-but-i-surely-can-put-you-in-lot-of-trouble/) [Vedica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vedica/) > [If you're going to exude naivete, you can't really... walk out there like it's a Sting show. You can't be that well put together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-black/if-you-re-going-to-exude-naivete-you-can-t-really-walk-out-there-like/) [Frank Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-black/) > [I was born in Tyrone, 1956, for something I didn't do. I was innocent. But they gave me life. I still remember the midwife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mcaleer/i-was-born-in-tyrone-1956-for-something-i-didn-t-do-i-was-innocent/) Kevin McAleer > [To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/to-be-innocent-is-to-bear-the-weight-of-the-entire-universe-it-is-to/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) > [We face a brutal enemy who will kill the innocent for one purpose and that is to gain control of the Middle East and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rove/we-face-a-brutal-enemy-who-will-kill-the-innocent-for-one-purpose-and/) [Karl Rove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rove/) > [The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-walsh/the-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation-of-children-is-one-of-the-most/) [James T. Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-walsh/) Browse all 2,008 Innocent quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're just plain stupid.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wentworth Boughn" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-boughn/you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-after-that-you-re-just-plain/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Innocent" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-boughn/you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-after-that-you-re-just-plain/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/wentworth-boughn-286547_innocent_you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-aft_838585.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can only be innocent for so long. After that, you're just plain stupid.” — Wentworth Boughn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Wentworth Boughn", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wentworth-boughn/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“You can only be innocent for...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-boughn/you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-after-that-you-re-just-plain/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-boughn/you-can-only-be-innocent-for-so-long-after-that-you-re-just-plain/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```