Randle McMurphy

"There's more to life than just existing inside these walls."

"I ain't saying I'm a saint, but I'm not the monster they make me out to be."

"You can't judge a man by what he's done. You gotta judge him by what he's trying to do."

"I'd rather be a fool than a coward."

"They want you to think you're sick, but you're not sick—you're just different."

"I never wanted to be a hero. I just wanted to be free."

"I'm betting everything on one last chance to be myself."

"I'm not saying I'm not crazy, I'm just saying I'm not gonna let them turn me into something I'm not."

"You're not gonna get me to blow up and get all mad just so they can say I'm disturbed."

"They've been bustin' my hump for so long, I forgot what it was like to feel free."

"Medication isn't gonna help nobody, what they need is to get out of this place."

"A man who can't take care of himself shouldn't be making decisions for other men."

"They broke something inside me, but they couldn't break my spirit."

"Sometimes the craziest thing you can do is be yourself."

"I came in here to live, not just exist."

"You can't advise somebody to be brave if they're not naturally brave."

"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."

"I'm not just talking about not letting an irresponsible fool like me near the top, I'm talking about somebody with fifty thousand dollars in his checking account."

"A man who fights for what he believes in, that's a free man."

"To lose the ability to laugh is to lose humanity itself."

"A man confined is only half a man."

"Some men need to fight to prove they're alive."

"To accept the system is to accept defeat."

"Freedom tastes sweeter when stolen from the jailer."

"It's them or us, and I have not lost yet."

"I'm not just an inmate; I'm a gambler."

"Man, I tried."

"I aint no criminal, I'm just a businessman."

"A man's got to do what a man's got to do."

"I'm not saying I'm not gonna have to pay a price for this, but I'm just not gonna let that stop me from doing what's right"