The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.
You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself
All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
Into the air, over the valleys, under the stars, above a river, a pond, a road, flew Cecy. Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew.
[about Nurse Ratched] McMurphy: Well I don't wanna break up the meeting or nothin', but she's somethin' of a cunt, ain't she Doc?
Nurse Pilbow: Don't get upset, Mr. McMurphy. McMurphy: I'm not getting upset, Nurse Pilbow. I just don't want anyone to slip me salt peter!
Did he ever--try?' Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.' What's that mean?' Means he tried.' Of course. The ring was not a neutral tool. It judged its wearer: Aaron Doily flew drunkenly, and Dylan flew like a coward, only when it didn't matter, at the ...
But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf, it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.
I don't think you fully understand the public, my friend; in this country, when something is out of order, then the quickest way to get it fixed is the best way.
I'd think, maybe he truly is something extraordinary. He's what he is, that's it. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is.
McMurphy: In one week, I can put a bug so far up her ass, she don't know whether to shit or wind her wristwatch.
McMurphy: [to other patients regarding naked playing cards] "No, no, I'll show you some card tricks. You ain't seen the Spanish deck yet. That's 20 percent more torture!"
McMurphy: Koufax looks down! He's looking at the great Mickey Mantle now! Here comes the pitch! Mantle swings! It's a fucking home run! [loud cheering from the patients]
Psychiatrist: Dr. Sanji? Dr. Sanji: I don't think he's overly psychotic, but, I still think he's quite sick. Psychiatrist: You think he's dangerous? Dr. Sanji: Absolutely so.
That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.
McMurphy: Lookit the faces on ya! Lookit ya! [laughing] McMurphy: The thieves brigade, ya ding a lings. The mental defective league, in formation. [laughing] McMurphy: How are ya, Nurse Ratched? I'm happy to be back."
McMurphy: All we need's one vote. Just one vote. Just your one vote! McMurphy: Just raise your hand up and your buddies can watch the baseball game.
See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be
He’s like an old clock the won’t tell time but won’t stop neither with the hands bend out of shape and the face bare of numbers and the alarm rusted silent, an old worthless clock that keeps ticking and cuckooing without meaning nothing.
McMurphy: [about shock treatments] They was giving me ten thousand watts a day, you know, and I'm hot to trot! The next woman takes me on's gonna light up like a pinball machine and pay off in silver dollars!
McMurphy: I can't take it no more. I gotta get outta here. Chief Bromden: I can't. I just can't. McMurphy: It's easier than you think, Chief. Chief Bromden: For you, maybe. You're a lot bigger than me.
