One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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"Nobody can tell me I'm crazy for wanting to go fishing."
Randle McMurphy Freedom
C
"The Combine is real. It's everywhere."
Chief Bromden Fear
B
"I want you to know I'm not a slow learner—it's just that my mind is operating on a different wavelength."
Billy Bibbit Courage
C
"They got to you too, didn't they?"
Chief Bromden Power
R
"You're talkin' like a fool. A fool and his money..."
Randle McMurphy Humor
C
"I'm not saying they're not just doing it because they want to. But I am saying that they're doing it."
Chief Bromden Wisdom
R
"That's the funny thing about being crazy—you're not responsible anymore."
Randle McMurphy
C
"You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance."
Chief Bromden Humor
R
"The ward is a lot like a Monopoly game—the house always wins."
Randle McMurphy Power
R
"Everybody deserves a chance to go his own way."
Randle McMurphy Freedom
N
"I'm tired of playing house with you boys."
Nurse Ratched
N
"You can't have a real successful Therapeutic Community as long as there's someone in it that the patients are gonna listen to."
Nurse Ratched Power
C
"One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest."
Chief Bromden Freedom
R
"Maybe I am crazy. But at least I ain't broke."
Randle McMurphy Freedom
C
"I been deaf since I was a little child, but I can hear a long ways off when the noise is right."
Chief Bromden
C
"The Combine is after us all."
Chief Bromden Power
N
"Cheswick, you're a Chronic. You will always be a Chronic."
Nurse Ratched
C
"There's no place in the world for people who are different."
Chief Bromden
N
"You're not gonna be happy unless you're somebody's wife or mother or daughter."
Nurse Ratched Freedom
R
"I'm not saying they're gonna be easy to get around, Billy, I'm just saying it can be done if you're willing to take some chances."
Randle McMurphy Courage
R
"Man, when you lose your laugh, you lose everything."
Randle McMurphy Humor
C
"I'm finally awake."
Chief Bromden
R
"We're more than what they say we are."
Randle McMurphy
B
"I felt real for the first time."
Billy Bibbit
C
"The fog is lifting."
Chief Bromden Hope
R
"I'm gonna make my own way."
Randle McMurphy
C
"The walls are getting taller."
Chief Bromden
C
"I remember what freedom felt like."
Chief Bromden
C
"The medication is just a tool of control."
Chief Bromden Truth
R
"Sometimes you have to risk everything."
Randle McMurphy Courage