I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect thespeaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.

~ David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace Irony Naive Sentimentality

Normative mind tends to be naive.

~ Toba Beta

Toba Beta Mindset Naive Normativeness

Much, much later. when I am back home and being treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I will be enabled to see what was going on in my mind immediately after 11 August.I am still capable of operating mechanically as a soldier in these following days. But operating mechanically as a soldier is now all I am capable of.Martin says he is worried about me. He says I have the thousand-yard stare'.Of course, I cannot see this stare. But by now we both have more than an idea what it means.So, among all the soldiers here, this is nothing to be ashamed of. But as it really does just go with the territory we find ourselves in. it is just as equally not a badge of h

~ Jake Wood

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Everybody really wanna be the best. I just wanna be a bit better than them.

~ Toba Beta

Toba Beta Better Naive The Best Want

Politics preys on people's naivety

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

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To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Confusion Naive Young Minds

...the single ingredient in American literature that distinguishes it from other literatures of the world is a kind of giddy, illogical hopefulness. It is quite technically sophisticated while remaining ideologically naïve.

~ John Irving

John Irving American Hopeful Illogical Naive

This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.

~ Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz Naive Believing Sound

I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.

~ Jack Gleeson

Jack Gleeson Happy Sacrifice Naive

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.

~ Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson Nothing Behind Naive

Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one.

~ Honeysuckle Weeks

Honeysuckle Weeks Game You Naive

All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.

~ Michael Moore

Michael Moore You Naive Ask

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.

~ Brit Marling

Brit Marling Naive Idealist Still