Chad Hurley

I think a lot of people may have a unique insight or some idea that they feel could be a great solution for a particular problem, but for some reason never have a chance to try or never have the courage or maybe the self-doubt. Really, it's best just to remain naive and continue to work on things and see if people have the same problems.

American Businessman

Jean-Michel Jarre

We have lost our vision for the future. Before, we say, 'Nothing will be the same. Cars will fly, and we go to the end of the universe.' We have this kind of naive but exciting idea of the future. Now, the vision has been reduced to ways to select our garbage and how to survive global warming.

French Musician

Gavin Esler

Americans, apparently, either do nothing about the world's problems, in which case they are ignorant and isolationist, selfish and gutless, or they try to do something about the world's problems, in which case they are arrogant and naive, greedy and bullying.

Scottish Journalist

Anais Nin

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

American Author

Joe Maddon

The one thing I've always felt - and I might be naive - is that if you nurture a particular situation regarding relationships at a very young age, that you may have a better chance to keep a group of players together.

J. J. Redick

I'm not naive - I think it's rare in the NBA every day to actually be able to enjoy being around the people you're working with.

American Athlete

Frankie Cosmos

It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.

American Musician

Godfrey Reggio

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.

American Director

Declan Donnelly

It's naive to think we're the only living beings in this universe.

English Producer

Athiya Shetty

It would be naive if I said that I don't fear failure.

Indian Actress

Often used in books to describe a character with a pure heart, unaware of life's harsh realities.

Usage in Literature

Indicates someone who trusts too easily, which can lead to being taken advantage of.

Misjudged Trust

In some cultures, being naive may be seen as a positive trait, suggesting purity.

Cultural Perception

Can describe a refreshing absence of guile or artifice, without negative judgment.

Non-Peiorative Use

Refer to someone unfamiliar with customs, traditions, or etiquette in different cultures.

Cultural Naivety

Sometimes used to describe people who choose to see the good in everything.

Positive Outlook

Can suggest that someone is exposed to being hurt emotionally due to excessive trust.

Vulnerability

Naive individuals are often genuinely well-meaning and sincere in their actions.

Sincere Intentions

 Why do so many men rape other men? What is going on with men? And then what is the role of the various institutions in our society that are helping to produce abusive men at pandemic rates? Because this isn't about individual perpetrators. That's a naive way to understanding what is a much deeper and more systematic social problem.

Jackson Katz: Violence...

 I made some naive and stupid mistakes in communication that threatened the entire message. The simplicity of our message was its strength, but it came at the expense of nuance that is so important. And as the headlines began to emerge, I desperately just wanted to pull them back in.

The global movement to...

 Now, I'm not naive. I know that free enterprise isn't perfect, and I know that free enterprise isn't everything we need to build a better world. But that is great. And that's beyond politics. Here's what I learned. This is the epiphany. Capitalism is not just about accumulation.

A conservative's plea:...

 the very first night i have to say i was probably as frightened as i've ever been we turned up as i said with little information we were quite naive which i think is probably a useful thing to be in filmmaking sometimes we rigged all the vehicles with the

Filming Lions Hunting...

 the world could be such that these would be the only ways you could survive a black ball. The logic of this theory, it seems to me, is that we've got to recognize we can't have it all. That the sort of, I would say, naive dream that many of us had

How civilization could...

 mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.

What are the universal...

 there we're laying there and the entire room starts to shake okay and I'm sort of naively thinking that that 15 seconds of fury I just put down really rocked her world not the case in fact the garage is under the bedroom and parents

How technology has...

 trusts and her husband sort of I naively and I commit a guy Maryna beautiful russian girl beautiful things that medina is still alive so i was very important to me to honor the few pictures that we have of her and

Michelle Trachtenberg on...

 I said, "Look at these leaders, they are so great, they are against untouchability. They will come. If nobody comes, we can set an example." These people thought that I was too naive. Finally, they were convinced.

Kailash Satyarthi: How...

 he derided me for being so naive. Looked me in the eye, fear consuming his face, and said, "Son, I'm sorry, but you can't act the same as your white friends. You can't pretend to shoot guns.

Naive

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Misjudged Trust

Cultural Perception

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