Quotes About Naivety

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves, but who think others are.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.

People, she thought, could be unbelievably stupid.

That's the trouble with innocents. They aren't innocent of doing, just of knowing what they're doing.

But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.

I'm always amused when people point out that Benjamin's naivety about the publishing process is just so unbelievable in Starborn #1 since, of course, no aspiring writer in reality could ever be so naive.

I could write a book - if I could write, ha ha - about how many times I've been ripped off lending money to people. I'm an absolutely unbelievable soft touch. Unbelievable. I never learn my lesson.

youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

We are all too fond of naive answers to complex questions, because it relieves us of the necessity of thinking hard and it permits us to find a scapegoat for our own mistakes. The simple answer almost always places the blame on someone else. We need to pluralize our thinking, to recognize that if you ask the wrong question, you cannot get the right answers.

My heart is pure as the driven slush.

learned a long time ago never to underestimate the spectacular natural wonder that is people's stupidity.

If we're not careful, the time may come when we can't help anyone—and I mean soon. My skin crawls when I think about how many people know about us, and they're not all going to come and say 'Please.' God has been with us so far, but we can't be naive. Even God says not to test Him by being foolish.

Uma das grandes vantagens da infância é que não temos um gosto refinado.

Maybe that's what innocence is, having no way to predict the pain of the future.

The main thing about SpongeBob is that he celebrates innocence. His outlook on life is very optimistic and earnest, and I think kids relate to that. He has a creative spark in the same way children are very creative from an open and naive perspective.

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

In an honest man there is always something of a child.

arguing that Google and Facebook should do the censoring is not just an abdication of responsibility; it is evidence of unusual naivety. As if these two companies were not already mighty enough, European politicians apparently want to give them the power to limit their citizens' free expression.

Os homens são tão simplórios e obedientes às necessidades imediatas que aquele que engana sempre encontrará quem se deixe enganar.

Denn die Menschen sind so einfältig und so gewöhnt, den herrschenden Verhältnissen nachzugeben, dass der, welcher betrügen will, immer Leute findet, welche sich betrügen lassen.

Les hommes sont si naïfs, et ils obéissent tant aux nécessités présentes que celui qui trompe trouvera toujours quelqu'un qui se laissera tromper.