One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
R
Randle McMurphy
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
236 quotes
C
Chief Bromden
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
236 quotes
N
Nurse Ratched
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
58 quotes
C
Cheswick
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
47 quotes
B
Billy Bibbit
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
43 quotes
D
Doctor Spivey
Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2 quotes
Quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
C
R
C
R
R
R
C
R
B
C
R
C
B
N
C
C
R
B
C
R
B
C
C
R
N
C
R
B
C
R
"We are the Combine."Chief Bromden Power
"It's a hard world to practice any kind of decent human values in."Randle McMurphy Life
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Chief Bromden Freedom
"You're the first one of these birds I ever seen that didn't have her tongue hanging out."Randle McMurphy Humor
"I'm not saying I'm not crazy, I'm just saying I ain't let it stop me."Randle McMurphy Courage
"That's the funny thing, a good man stops trying."Randle McMurphy Wisdom
"History will forget us because we never mattered to begin with."Chief Bromden History
"War begins the moment you stop fighting back."Randle McMurphy War
"Adventure is remembering who you were before this place."Billy Bibbit Adventure
"Health is conformity with a stethoscope."Cheswick Health
"Motivation comes from spite when hope is gone."Randle McMurphy Motivation
"Solitude is the only honest companion."Chief Bromden Solitude
"Work keeps you from thinking about what you've lost."Billy Bibbit Work
"A leader is just someone who convinces you he knows the way."Nurse Ratched Leadership
"Every man here believes his own story."Cheswick Wisdom
"Beauty exists even in the ugliest places, if you look close enough."Chief Bromden Beauty
"Strength isn't about winning; it's about refusing to quit."Randle McMurphy Strength
"The mind is a strange country; some of us never leave it."Billy Bibbit Philosophy
"Imagination is the only thing they can't medicate away."Chief Bromden Imagination
"You have to learn to live with your own ghosts."Randle McMurphy Peace
"Some men are broken by what happens to them; others break themselves."Billy Bibbit Perseverance
"The system doesn't want you to question it; it wants you to join it."Chief Bromden Education
"Laughter is the only honest thing left."Cheswick Humor
"You can break a man's body, but his spirit is another matter."Randle McMurphy Strength
"Kindness is revolutionary in a place built on cruelty."Nurse Ratched Kindness
"The wall between sane and insane is thinner than we think."Chief Bromden Philosophy
"A man needs something to believe in, even if it's a lie."Randle McMurphy Faith
"Love doesn't exist in places like this—only its memory."Billy Bibbit Love
"The real sickness is believing you deserve to be here."Cheswick Wisdom
"Rebellion isn't always loud; sometimes it's just refusing to disappear."Randle McMurphy Courage