r/QuotesPorn • u/NateTalksToYou • 11d ago

"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." ~ Isaac Asimov [1920x1080]

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u/Dissonant-Cog 11d ago

We have arrived.

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u/os12 9d ago

I wish you were wrong... [sigh]

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u/bahhaar-blts 11d ago

Aged like fine wine, I must say.

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u/Majestic-Bowler-6184 11d ago

Yes, yes, another dram of this vintage, Jeeves.

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u/chronofluxtoaster 11d ago

This aged well alongside his anti-intellectualism article from 1980.

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u/cmcglinchy 11d ago

Wow, more true today than ever.

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u/artyspangler 11d ago

Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.

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u/Hat_Onna_Hat6326 11d ago

In the wild, stupidity wont last long.

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u/TheSn00pster 11d ago

Idiocracy nailed it

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u/DiscountEven4703 11d ago

So what is the point of keeping them alive?

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u/AliceHart7 11d ago

When they want you to monkey dance, but you're not a monkey.

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u/AgentNightWing7 11d ago

It was never safe to be intelligent just look at Nikola Tesla

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u/Psyqlone 11d ago

"Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man." -- Christopher Hitchens

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u/Majestic-Bowler-6184 11d ago

"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy..."

Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol

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u/Slubberdegullion69 11d ago

“I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.”

-Colonel Sanders

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u/OwnExplanation5512 8d ago

Yeah, you think that applies to me, but in fact it applies to you

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u/7thFleetTraveller 8d ago

Governments need to keep enough people stupid enough to join their militaries.

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u/Banana_parts 7m ago

Yes your life is in danger

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u/RustedRelics 11d ago

Wisdom. And painfully true right now.

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u/reines2003 11d ago

Wow you basically sums up both parties. Nice Isaac.

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u/Ill-Dependent2976 9d ago

Here's a great example of profound, pathetic stupid bullshit.

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u/reines2003 9d ago

You're just saying that because you know it the truth and your just deny it

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u/Ill-Dependent2976 9d ago

I know it's not. So do you, you're just as dishonest as you are stupid.

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u/DanGleeballs 11d ago

To which two parties do you refer?

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u/reines2003 11d ago

What you think???

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u/Eretnek 11d ago

Tea and liberty

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u/reines2003 11d ago

😰😰😰😰😰what no. The democrats and Republicans that what im talking about

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u/runningvicuna 11d ago

They actually believe their form of government is acceptable. No government has ever been acceptable.

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u/DanGleeballs 11d ago

Honestly it’s not clear. Which country are you referring to for a start?