“I’m so smart that I make everyone around me smarter. I do this by being dumber than everybody. ”
“I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.”
“In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life.”
“The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them. ”
“people in general so often seem to get dumber in direct proportion to their academic training.”