Summary
- Dumb and Dumber quotes have stood the test of time, with fans still laughing nearly 30 years later.
- The film’s hilarious and silly story of misadventures and friendship changed the comedy world forever.
- The movie showcased Jim Carrey’s popularity and introduced the Farrelly brothers, inspiring endless memes and unforgettable quotes.
The best Dumb and Dumber quotes still have fans laughing nearly 30 years after it was first released. Dumb and Dumber hit the big screen and changed the comedy world forever with a hilarious and silly story of misadventures and a strangely endearing friendship. Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) embarked on a quest with his best friend Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) in search of true love. Audiences loved director Peter Farrelly’s celebration of two guys lacking in brain matter while embracing the spirit of adventure. It also gave rise to a ton of timeless Dumb and Dumber quotes that inspired an endless eternity of memes.
The movie saw Jim Carrey at the height of his popularity in the 1990s and added in a normally straight-guy actor in Jeff Daniels to ham it up throughout the running time. While the film had a prequel and a sequel, neither came close to the brilliance of the original, which launched the Farrelly brothers into comedy movie superstars. Even the brothers, who went on to make movies like There’s Something About Mary and Me, Myself & Irene, couldn’t reach the level of hilarious quotes that this debut movie delivered in its 106-minute running time.
20 “One Time We Successfully Mated A Bulldog With A Shih-Tzu.”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
The casting idea of Nicolas Cage as Harry in Dumb and Dumber is certainly interesting, there is no denying that Jeff Daniels is perfect for the role. Whereas Jim Carrey’s Lloyd is a loud and manic dim-wit, Harry is more of a buffoonish manchild which can be almost charming at times. When first meeting Mary Swanson, the two start talking about dogs and Harry reveals the unusual breeding he did with a bulldog and a shih-tzu and that they called it a “bull-s***.” The way Harry laughs and takes such glee in his own stupid joke is what makes it such a funny moment.
19 “Hey, You Wanna Hear The Most Annoying Sound In The World?”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
While Joe Mentalino (Mike Starr) hitches a ride with Harry and Lloyd, he knows he’s in for a ride with a pair of dumb individuals. However, he may have underestimated just how dumb these two are. For example, at one point, in one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes of them all, Lloyd asks Joe, “Hey, you wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?” Now, thanks to Lloyd, you can still hear to this day the occasional “EEEEEEEEEEE!” screech. It was one of Jim Carrey’s most annoying moments in movies.
18 “Unless You Wanna Work 40 Hours A Week.”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
It is interesting to consider that the adventures of Harry and Lloyd might make for a movie that could work as a television show. This becomes apparent within the first few minutes of Dumb and Dumber when Harry and Lloyd both lose their jobs and start searching for new ones, suggesting they bounce from job to job quite regularly. It is also not just that they are incompetent in their jobs, but also that they don’t seem to have any motivation to work. After returning from a day of job hunting Harry complains that there are absolutely no jobs available anywhere with Lloyd scoffing at the idea that 40 hours a week is not a reasonable request. Watching a show based on their frequent job searches would be a lot of fun.
17 “According To The Map, We’ve Only Gone 4 Inches!”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
Harry makes this wacky comment about a physical map while the duo drives. What’s surprising about Harry’s ridiculous comment isn’t the fact he has no clue the map’s measurements are scaled down, it’s more that he has any semblance of an idea about how to use a map. While people born after 2000 have likely never used a real map, this remains one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes because Harry takes it that one step further in his ignorance. Even people using GPS know that the distance shown is not real.
16 “I’m Going To Hang By The Bar. Put Out The Vibe!”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
When thinking of heartthrobs from the ’90s, people think of Brad Pitt, John Stamos, or George Clooney. However, there is one who thinks he stands above the rest – Lloyd Christmas. The man believed he knew how to let the ladies know he was single and ready to mingle. He also knew that he couldn’t come across as desperate when wanting to pick up a woman. This led to him telling his buddy Harry one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes, saying, “I’m going to hang by the bar. Put out the vibe.” The funny line is made better by Jim Carrey’s performance.
15 “Why Are You Going To The Airport? Flying Somewhere?”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
When Lloyd was working as a driver, he decided to throw out his own icebreaker to a client. However, not even Lloyd realizes how dumb he sounded delivering one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes in the movie. In the movie itself, the scene just gets dumber and dumber when Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly) asks Lloyd how he figured it out. This is when Lloyd showed he wasn’t as dumb as most people might believe. “Well, I saw your luggage. Then when I noticed the airline ticket I put two and two together.”
14 “Fell Off The Jet Way Again.”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
The early sequence of Lloyd dropping Mary off at the airport is one of the many Dumb and Dumber scenes that still make audiences laugh. It culminates with the hilarious image of Lloyd heroically running down the jet way to deliver Mary’s briefcase only for the plane to already be gone and Lloyd to fall out onto the runway. As funny as it is, it may not be an unusual occurrence for Lloyd. When Harry asks how his day was, Lloyd responds, “Not bad. Fell off the jet way again.” The idea this happens so often that it is barely noteworthy makes the whole idea that much funnier.
13 “Austria! Well Then..’G’day, Mate! Let’s Put Another Shrimp On The Barbie!'”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Lloyd is clearly not the brightest, evidenced by this mixup of similar sounding countries. When it comes to Lloyd and his best Dumb and Dumber quotes, he not only got them confused but looked like a complete idiot to everyone when he did so. When Lloyd found someone who was from Austria, he decided to try to mimic their dialect. However, he yelled out “g’day, mate. Let’s put another shrimp on the barbie,” which is a way to mock an Australian dialect. Of course, only person mocked here was Lloyd.
12 “Nice Set Of Hooters You Got There.”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
While Lloyd is the kind of person who thinks he can “vibe” by the bar and the women will come to him (they don’t), Harry is a lot less secure in his willingness to approach women. When he does at that same party, he delivers one of the best Dumb and Dumber lines but does it in a completely innocent manner. When Mary (Lauren Holly) is standing alone, Harry walks up and says “nice set of hooters you got there.” While she was taken aback, he was actually talking about a pair of owls she was looking at in a cage.
11 “No, It’s A Cardigan But Thanks For Noticing.”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
The first half of Dumb and Dumber is one of the great road trip comedies that allows for endless hijinks with Harry and Lloyd on the open road. As with most road trip comedies, there is a scene with the duo being pulled over by the police. While the actual scene with the cop offers one of the many gross-out gags in the movie, the biggest laugh comes from Harry’s response to the cop telling him to pull over. It is hard not to laugh at the idea of Harry assuming the cop has his lights and siren on and pulls up to their window just to ask Harry about his fashion choices.
10 “Kick His A**, Sea Bass!”
Sea Bass Friend (Sean Gildea)
To the people of Boston, Cam Neely will always be a hockey legend, finishing with such a historic hockey career. For everyone else outside Massachusetts and the hockey world, he’s simply known as Sea Bass. It’s a cameo a select group can fully appreciate, but anyone who’s seen Dumb and Dumber knows Sea Bass for spitting in Harry’s burger after getting hit in the head with a salt shaker. As Sea Bass approaches Harry and Lloyd’s table, one of his friends yelled out one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes. And it still holds up today in pretty much any setting.
9 “Just When I Think You Couldn’t Possibly Be Any Dumber…”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
The best Dumb and Dumber quotes are quick. A few seconds at most. This one lasts about 12 seconds, yet still remains one of the greats from Dumb and Dumber. Jeff Daniels has been in some impressive roles through the years, branching well outside of comedy. However, this could be his greatest moment as an actor, ever. For the first time, it actually feels like Harry is about to lose it on Lloyd. Nine seconds into what feels like a father scolding his son, audiences were reminded exactly how dumb Harry is. “Just when I think you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this… and totally redeem yourself!”
8 “So You’re Tellin’ Me There’s A Chance!”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Lloyd started off this with a question for Mary. He asked, “What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me… ending up together?” Harry and Lloyd had come a long way to find Mary and let her know how he feels. When she said the chances are “not good,” he asks, if that means one in a hundred chance. She said it was more like one in a million, and this made Lloyd happy. He smiled and said, “so you’re tellin’ me there’s a chance” before letting out a cheer. The line is so funny that it has gone on to become a popular meme.
7 “If I Know Her As Well As I Think I Do, She’ll Invite Us Right In For Tea And Strumpets!”
Harry (Jeff Daniels)
Harry and Lloyd routinely got the wrong end of the stick, especially when it came to cultural references. When deciding on a plan for meeting Mary Swanson, Lloyd relies on an overabundance of confidence, even if it leaves him looking dumber than ever before. A strumpet is a female prostitute, which is a far cry from his intended cultural reference regarding the inviting of guests in for tea and crumpets, where the original saying came from. Much like the Austrian confusion, it proves that Lloyd is always sure he has a great one-liner, even when he has no clue what he is talking about.
6 “We Got No Food! We Got No Jobs! Our Pet’s Heads Are Fallin’ Off!!”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Already down on their luck and out of work, Harry and Lloyd reached their breaking point when two thugs spied them in a case of mistaken identity. Before exiting their home, the thugs left a little parting gift in the favor of a dead bird whose head they twisted off. The two hapless friends returned home to find the dead bird in the cage, and it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. After Jim Carrey’s Lloyd delivered one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes, it was the final excuse they needed to do a cross-country tour to Aspen in search of greener pastures, and in search of Lloyd’s love of his life.
5 “Excuse Me, Flo?”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Plenty of younger viewers might not understand the meaning of this quip, and this was even the case back in 1994. Lloyd trolls the diner waitress with this question, calling her Flo, causing Harry to fly into a fit of hysterical laughter. The quote references the 1976 sitcom Alice, starring Linda Lavin as a diner waitress named Alice Hyatt. She had a feisty red-haired co-worker at the diner played by Polly Holliday named Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry. With them constantly calling her over as “Flo,” it was a joke that almost no one understood outside the pair.
4 “I Just Thought She Was A Raging Alcoholic!”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
When Lloyd catches Harry going on dates with Mary Swanson after promising to set the two up on a date, his world shatters. Rather than confront Harry about his two-timing, Lloyd decides to wait it out and see how his former best friend will react. After asking Lloyd why Mary would want to meet him at a bar at 9 a.m. instead of 9 p.m., Lloyd offers up a pitch-perfect response that betrays his own shallowness and empty-headed views on life. In one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes, he just assumed something incorrect about her.
3 “No Way! We Landed On The Moon!”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Drowning his sorrows at the bar after thinking Mary Swanson stood him up, Lloyd waits to no avail. Finally, the bartender gives him the address where Mary is staying so that he can go meet her there. Excited beyond belief, Lloyd prepares to rush out of the bar before spotting a framed picture of the Apollo moon landing. Evidently, not one to keep up with current events, Lloyd yells out America’s greatest triumph to a confused crowd. In one of the best Dumb and Dumber quotes, Lloyd proved that he knows almost nothing outside his own personal bubble.
2 “The Town Is Back That Way.”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
The later Dumb and Dumber movies never reached the heights of the original making the sequel and prequel feel unnecessary. It is especially true when looking back on the ending of the first movie and seeing how perfectly it left these two characters. After failing to find their fortune and love with Mary Swanson, Harry and Lloyd are hitchhiking along the highway when a fan full of bikini models stops and says they are looking for assistants to help lotion them up. Harry points them to the next town to look for available men.
As the bus pulls away, Lloyd finally realizes Harry’s mistake and waves them down again, giving them more accurate directions. The fact that the friends were presented with their happy ending but were too dim to recognize it is a perfect place to leave these two — blissfully ignorant together.
1 “You Sold My Dead Bird To A Blind Kid?”
Lloyd (Jim Carrey)
Carefully budgeting for their cross-country adventure to Aspen, Harry and Lloyd stop off to pick up a few items for the trip. Harry notices Lloyd eating some snacks which he believes were not part of the budget. When Lloyd mentions that he raised $25 bucks by selling a few things to a blind kid named Billy, Harry becomes suspicious. Eventually, Lloyd spills the beans, admitting that he sold Harry’s dead bird Petey to Billy before fleeing the city. When Harry reminds Lloyd that Petey no longer has a head, the former assures him that he took care of it in a horrifying Dumb and Dumber moment.
