Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another.

But at least I tried

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.

Memory whispers someplace in that jumbled machinery.

They wouldn't be so cocky if they knew what me and the moon have going.

The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.

To hell with that. A man goin' fishing with two whores from Portland don't have to take that crap.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Ocean, Ocean I'll beat you in the end.

Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first the cover-up . . .

It's the truth, even if it didn't happen... ...if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

I been away a long time.

You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes...I see...

“Your feelings don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you DO.” 

“I was the problem and in five seconds, I could push myself and become the solution.” 

“Passion is not a thing, it's a state of mind.” 

“That’s the problem with so many adults, we’re all focused on getting it perfect, instead of trying. What ever happened to good enough?” 

“That’s what it takes to get what you want. Not big scary leaps once a year. It takes small, but irritating moves every single day.” 

“The 5 Second Rule The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal you must 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move or your brain will stop you.” 

“We are all so afraid of uncertainty that we want a guarantee before we even try. We want evidence that if we take a risk we will "get the girl" Its a numbers game. To play any game, you have to start. To win, you need to keep going. If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.

Life is not a one and done sort of deal. You've got to work for what you want.

Picasso created nearly 100 masterpieces in his lifetime. But what most people don't know is that he created a total of more then 50,000 works of art. .. Thats two pieces of art a day. Success is a numbers game. You are not going to win if you keep telling yourself to wait. The more often that you choose courage, the more likely you'll succeed.” 

“When it comes to change, goals, and dreams, you have to bet on yourself. That” 

“work expands to whatever time you give it.” 

“when you count backwards, you mentally shift the gears in your mind. You interrupt your default thinking and do what psychologists call “assert control.” The counting distracts you from your excuses and focuses your mind on moving in a new direction. When you physically move instead of stopping to think, your physiology changes and your mind falls in line.” 

“the end of the day, you are going to need to do more than think if you want to change your life.” 

“Small things are not small at all. They are the most important things of all. And they add up.” 

“If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.” 

“If you have one of those impulses that are pulling you, if you don’t marry it with an action within 5 seconds, you pull the emergency break and kill the idea.” 

“Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must “feel” eager or “feel” motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all. If you want to improve your life, you’ll need to get off your rear end and kick your own butt. In my world, I call that the power of a push.” 

“The problem was very clear. It was me. I was holding myself back, five seconds at a time.” 

“Life is not a one and done sort of deal. You've got to work for what you want.

“it’s not the big moves that change everything—it’s the smallest ones in your everyday life that do.” 

There’s no doubt in my mind that McMurphy’s won, but I’m not sure what.

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.

You're either on the bus or off the bus.

What a Life: Give some of us pills to stop a fit, give the rest shock to start one.

You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted.

You seem to forget, Miss Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.

...you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

...you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

Billy here has been talkin' about slicin' his wrists again, so is there seven of you guys who'd like to join him and make it therapeutic?

He hadn't let what he looked like run his life one way or the other, any more than he'd let the Combine mill him into fitting where they wanted him to fit.

Because sometimes the only way to keep from losing everything is to give everything up. Because sometimes strength must for the sake of winning give in to--

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies.

It's the truth, even if it didn't happen.

He couldn't seem to get his teeth into anything. Except books. The things in books was darn near more real to him than the things breathing and eating.

The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?