One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Book · 6 characters · 622 quotes · 1962

Quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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"I didn't want to hurt nobody."
Randle McMurphy Kindness
N
"Control is the key to everything."
Nurse Ratched Power
C
"Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find the truth."
Chief Bromden Truth
N
"The ward runs like clockwork."
Nurse Ratched
R
"A man's got to do what a man's got to do."
Randle McMurphy
R
"I've been around the block a few times."
Randle McMurphy
C
"The fog came down that morning."
Chief Bromden Nature
N
"You think you're fooling anybody?"
Nurse Ratched Truth
C
"Laughter, that's what they're afraid of most."
Chief Bromden Humor
R
"We're all brothers here."
Randle McMurphy Friendship
B
"That takes guts to do that."
Billy Bibbit Courage
R
"I'm not trying to cause trouble, I'm just being myself."
Randle McMurphy
C
"You can't win against the Combine."
Chief Bromden Power
R
"Sometimes it's a man's job to fight even when he knows he's going to lose."
Randle McMurphy Courage
C
"A man has to fight to be free."
Chief Bromden Freedom
N
"The ward is clean, orderly, and purposeful."
Nurse Ratched
R
"I never fooled anybody. I was just being myself."
Randle McMurphy
R
"Life's too short for that kind of waiting."
Randle McMurphy Time
C
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
Chief Bromden Freedom
C
"The man's a lot of things, but he ain't no liar."
Cheswick
N
"You're fixing to argue with me, aren't you?"
Nurse Ratched
R
"I'm the only one in here who ain't crazy, and that's the problem."
Randle McMurphy Wisdom
B
"Somebody's got to stand up to that woman."
Billy Bibbit Courage
N
"He can't have changed that much."
Nurse Ratched Hope
C
"The Combine is the world."
Chief Bromden Philosophy
R
"I ought to leave well enough alone, but that ain't never been how I been."
Randle McMurphy Perseverance
N
"I want to be a friend to you, Cheswick."
Nurse Ratched
N
"Medication, Cheswick. Medication."
Nurse Ratched
R
"I'm crazier than a road lizard."
Randle McMurphy Humor
R
"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."
Randle McMurphy Happiness