Gullible Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old gullible quotes, gullible sayings, and gullible proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. Philip Sidney
We live in such a gullible world. Anything that's written, anything that's posted, anything picture that is interpreted one way is taken as truth. Keri Hilson
People believe what they want to believe. Tab Hunter
The public is gullible. ... If [many satirists are] making the same joke, that's the danger. Then there's a solidifying effect and it becomes a truth. Bill Maher
Being gullible is simply having the quality of trusting people easily. unknown
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. Elizabeth Gaskell
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction. Sylvester Stallone
Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A gullible mind is a weak mind. unknown
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour? Keith Henson
The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day. Isaac Asimov
Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue. P. T. Barnum
Swindlers are notoriously gullible. Mason Cooley
Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible. Janet E. Morris
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. Tryon Edwards
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. Aristotle
Gullibility is a knife at the throat of civilization. David Wong
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. Calvin Coolidge
Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible. Thomas Sowell
I had rather been thought of as being gullible for trusting God to take care of me than to end up feeling gullible that I didn't. Josh Parham
Some dubious people with little real spiritual training call themselves teachers, but actually take advantage of others in the name of taking care of peace of mind. This is unfortunate. It happens because, when it comes to spirituality, people are still gullible. Dalai Lama
Our weakness resides in our insecurity as it makes us gullible and self-indulgent. Learning to control ourselves should be a better objective for some of us, especially those of us that operate in high positions. Philip R. Bailey
I'm just another gullible youth; I'm into idols. Paul Weller
Fame is proof that people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rock music has to be naive. And when you're no longer musically naive, or socially naive, or intellectually naive, and you start to get a bit more worldly-wise no way can you do that anymore. Marian Anderson
Incomplete comparisons of cultures can be misleading to the naive. Alfred Henry
I was just pretty naive when I was just a kid, mostly. I never thought about professions or anything. That's what I mean by 'naive.' I never thought about what I'd be doing to make money, stuff like that, I never thought about it Jean-Michel Basquiat
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitudes because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled. Amy Adams
I was naive, knew nothing, and agreed. But the arbitrator was a friend of the fellow suing me, a fact I didn't know at the time. David Mellor
It is just possible to imagine God speaking French. Christy never. His words do not function in a language so ill at ease in the naive or the sublime E.M. Cioran
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but Love life. I am happy, and for that, I make no apologies. I do like to see the best in people, ad when someone is nice to my face, I tend to believe them. Joyce Giraud
I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood. Brooke Shields
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have tough skin. Tia Carrere
There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. Michael Moore
I never thought I was gullible, but I know that I trust people easily and take people at face value. Taapsee Pannu
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. Khaled Hosseini
Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure. George Carlin
I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believe. H.L. Mencken
The tendency to trust easily anyone gives way to a certain vulnerability. Angelica Hopes
Believe them and they'll you all sorts of things. Valentin Rasputin
A lie, like a pill, is easier to swallow when you don't think about it. Marty Rubin
People will believe anything. Except, it seems, the truth. Jeanette Winterson
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson
In most cases, men willingly believe what they wish. Julius Caesar
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. Cesare Pavese
To the pure, all things are pure. Latin Proverb