Top 35 Dumber Quotes

I know I felt like I was ready to be an adult long before the rest of the world agreed. I’d already realized that a lot of grown-ups didn’t know any more than I did, and some of them were even dumber than I was, and even the ones who were smarter weren’t using their smarts for things I necessarily considered worthwhile.

Viewers who invest two hours in a superhero movie often leave feeling entertained but somehow dumber.

I think the longer a sitcom is on the air, by necessity, the dumber the characters have to get: otherwise, they would be learning and growing, and they won‘t be funny, so they have to get more and more extremely whatever they are.

Often, American audiences are underestimated by producers and movie studios. They often think we’re dumber than we are.

The dumber half of the audience – whether they’re male or female, and a lot of them are male – for some reason responds very quickly to the feminine voice. How can I put it? They kind of instantly react to the female voice in a positive way quicker than they would the male voice.

There is no evidence that Republican leaders have been demonstrably dumber than their Democratic counterparts.

Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By and large, they’re trying to do it as well as they can. Or at least as often as people in the private sector try to do as well as they can.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books – not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today‘s reader is smarter.

I feel dumber every time I listen to Sean Hannity. I don’t want to be that guy.

Deskilling devices – they make us dumber. We’re immersed in a system that now requires the use of a cell phone just to get around, just to function, and so the logic of that cell phone has been imposed on us.

Dumb & Dumber’ is one of my and Glock’s favorite movies. We do stuff in real life that’s just like they do in that movie.

I’ve actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I’m not half as sharp that I once was. I can’t even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.

In ‘There’s Something About Mary‘ and ‘Dumb & Dumber,’ I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn’t even remember what I’d said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.

Two weeks in Hawaii with four kids is one of the dumber ideas I’ve ever had.

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can’t.

I’ve always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.

You’re dumber than you think I think you are.

Everyone’s attention span is getting shorter. As a result, everything – films, music, art – gets watered down and dumber. Every now and again, you get something great, but not often.

I’m not saying that photographers are dumber than other people, but they are the folks who walk around with brilliant white lights in nighttime riots.

Sam Duvet is like me but turned up: more vain and dumber.

As a comedian, I’m always quoting ‘Caddyshack’ and ‘Dumb and Dumber.’

I feel like the world is getting dumber. I don’t necessarily think people are stupid, but I think we’re getting dumber.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It’s not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.

As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home.

When the first big paycheque with ‘Dumb And Dumber’ hit, I went: ‘Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?’ But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite.

Turning 50 is a little bit of a ‘taking stock‘ moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don’t think I’m as sharp as I was when I was younger, but I’m definitely wiser and less likely to make gigantic blunders of an intellectual, spiritual, emotional or physical type.

If they didn’t have an Oscar for people to shoot for, all they’d do is be making ‘Dumb And Dumber’ again and again.

I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from ‘Dumb and Dumber’ or whatever movie they liked. And that’s fine, it gets them in the door, but then it’s my job to give them something different.

One of my favorite films is ‘Dumb and Dumber.’

I feel quite confident that audiences on both sides of the Atlantic are growing ‘dumber,’ if what you really mean to say is ‘less culturally literate.’

The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.

One of my favorite films is ‘Dumb and Dumber.’ I’d love to do some really silly comedy someday.