We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. – Gerald Brenan
Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism. – Imre Lakatos
I’m interested in light. It’s a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach. – James Turrell
It’s a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you’ll be amused by its presumption. – James Thurber
I’m not being naive; I realise there’s no such thing as a pure reading. But I’d rather keep myself as far out of it as I can. – Anne Michaels
I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they’re a little naive – you made it because you needed it. – Amy Sedaris
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
No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments. – Charles E. Wilson
The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it’s dangerous. – George Allen
I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit. – Duncan Sheik
I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty. – Claude Levi-Strauss
I’m not so naive as to think that everybody always succeeds, right? I mean, half of Shakespeare’s stories are tragedies – right? – Michael J. Saylor
My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive. – Mika
