You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.

See with your ears and hear with your eyes.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

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.

Mr. Bibbit, you might warn this Mr. Harding that I'm so crazy I admit to voting for Eisenhower. Bibbit! You tell Mr. McMurphy I'm so crazy I voted for Eisenhower twice! And you tell Mr. Harding right back — he puts both hands on the table and leans down, his voice getting low — that I'm so crazy I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November.

What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.