Cuckoo Nest Book Quotes & Sayings

The truth was in her voice as sure as rain and sunshine are in a green blade of grass. — Dean Koontz

Ryles and I were looking around at the calibre of players in this side, you do think ... you are very lucky to be here. Especially with Jesus, Andrew Johns, we call him Jesus, isn't even here yet. — Willie Mason

I grew up a very open and free mind, but also with the flaws of a look on life with too much liberty than people normally have. — Adriano Giannini

Comfort is bought at too high a price. — Dora Russell

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line. — Ruben Studdard

I've been looking for the same thing most of us are looking for."
"What's that?"
"Someone to come home to. — Renee Carlino

I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success. — Kirk Douglas

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. — Paul Eldridge

I lost both my parents young - but I have felt their presence throughout my life. — Roma Downey

If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquillity of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. Within the depths of consciousness a flame kindles. And man sees himself. He discovers his selfishness, his silly pride, his fears, his greeds, his blunders. He develops a sense of moral obligation, intellectual humility. Thus begins a journey of the soul toward the realm of grace ... — Alexis Carrel

We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal. — Baruch Spinoza

I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me. — Ed O'Neill

I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the closest I came to research was when I applied to work at the state mental institution in Austin, TX. I wanted to work the night shift like Ken Kesey did when he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I thought that might inspire me to write a book that great. — Arthur Bradford