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100 Best Quotes From “Ratched”
Ratched, a show on Netflix that came out in 2020, is a psychological thriller about life inside a mental institution. Based on the novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the show gives the audience a glimpse inside the minds of criminals, mentally ill patients, and the people who are responsible for their care. If you’re looking for suspense, twists, drama, and even some romance, Ratched is perfect for you!
Here’s the scoop on the best quotes from Ratched!
1. “Save one life, you’re a hero. Save 100 lives, well, then you’re a nurse.” -Mildred

2. “They say he daydreams, but I mean, what’s so dangerous about an imagination?” -Dolly
3. “He’s brilliant, charismatic, but he’s insane, and he doesn’t know it. That really makes him the most dangerous kind of person there is, don’t you think?” -Miss Osgood
4. “I believe there are some things that are worse to feel than simply feeling nothing.” -Mildred
5. “You are a thousand wonderful things that that walking life of garbage will never be, do you hear me?” -Mildred
6. “I wish that I could’ve met Mildred Ratched before the world got to her.” -Gwendolyn
7. “In the meantime, I’m going to follow the instructions I’ve been given, and if you have any more ideas, why don’t you scribble them down? Maybe you’ll write the next great American novel.” – Dolly
8. “People like us, places like this, are maybe where we belong.” -Mildred
9. “No patient is ever gonna go through with that treatment again. Do you understand? I don’t care if it costs me my job.” -Huck
10. “I haven’t had the pleasure of a beautiful woman’s company in a very long time.” -Edmund
11. “I know what you saw upset you. Sarcasm won’t change that.” -Mildred
12. “This killer gives me chills, and I’m not talking about Bella Lugosi chills. Although, I’d sell my soul for a date with him.” -Louise
13. “I sent a man to do what was clearly a woman’s job.” – Miss Osgood
14. “You’re my dad Monsignor.” – Edmund
15. “She must have secrets, too. And that makes her vulnerable.” -Mildred
16. “I admire nurses more than anything, they really are God’s angels.” -Dolly
17. “You don’t know what it’s like to be constantly running from who you really are.” -Ingrid
18. “Governor, in some cases, the way to show strength is to show mercy.” -Gwendolyn
19. “There will be no death today.” -Mildred
20. “It’s important you always stay ahead of your opponent.” -Miss Osgood
21. “This is a red-letter day for Betsy Bucket!” -Nurse Bucket
22. “You will realize that your trauma is in the past. And while you will never forget, this event no longer controls you.” -Dr. Hanover
23. “Two women enter a room together and some may get the wrong idea.” -Mildred
24. “You’re a wild woman Dolly.” – Edmund
25. “Don’t choose a long-term solution to a short-term problem.” -Trevor
26. “That just goes to show you, first impressions, they’re never wrong.” -Governor Wilburn
27. “It was a foreign feeling, your kindness.” -Nurse Bucket
28. “I know the difference between right and wrong and still I’ve done things that even I cannot believe.” -Mildred
29. “Angels don’t make mistakes like that.” -Anna
30. “I don’t understand how I got so…tangled up in you, and I don’t understand whether my feelings for you are real. And you waltzed into my heart, and I cannot get you out.” -Gwendolyn
31. “It never did one bad thing. Animals are not like people.” -Edmund
32. “I know that someone sold me out. And when I find out who that someone is, I will make them pay dearly for it.” -Mildred
33. “You look like a woman who knows her way around the world.” -Miss Osgood
34. “When I laid eyes on the boy, I couldn’t believe it. He had the face of an angel.” -Dr. Hanover
35. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned Doctor, it’s that life can be quite unpredictable.” -Mildred
36. “If he were alone with me, no bars in between us… who’s to say that he wouldn’t kill me?” -Dolly
37. “We don’t have to keep living this lie, and maybe….we can have real love.” -Gwendolyn
38. “I do have feelings for you. Although, I don’t entirely understand them. So I need to do this my own way.” -Mildred
39. “It isn’t real. It’s all in my imagination.” – Peter
40. “A doctor and a nurse. It’s like a storybook.” -Nurse Bucket
41. “You’ve given me more life than I ever deserved.” -Edmund
42. “He saved my life. So I made a promise to myself that I would do whatever it took to repay him for that kindness.” -Mildred
43. “I treated you poorly Betsy. You didn’t deserve that.” -Dr. Hanover
44. “Wherever you end up, whatever you need, I will always be there for you. And I will always love you.” -Trevor
45. “Mildred Ratched, you’re an angel of mercy.” -Huck
46. “As long as I’m alive, you will be with me.” -Mildred
47. “We will go to the ends of the Earth if we have to.” -Mildred
48. “You are the one who should be afraid. Because I am coming for you, Edmund” -Mildred
49. “I don’t tolerate fornication in my motel, especially when it’s out of wedlock.” -Louise
50. ” I might be the kind of person. The kind of woman… who enjoys the company of other women.” -Mildred
51. “Could we have less teeth and more work? And the towels were they folded by the blind.” -Nurse Bucket
52. “Told that you’re mad when that’s what’s driving you mad.” -Mildred
53. “Dinner? Yes, Nurse Bucket. It’s a meal. Many people enjoy them.” -Mildred
54. “Well, as you just elected to remind me, you are head nurse, are you not? Or has your status changed in the course of this conversation?” -Dr. Hanover
55. “Beginning tomorrow, every day that I don’t have his head, you will lose $50,000 dollars from your fee. So I suggest you get it together and do your goddamn job.” -Miss Osgood
56. “Finally. I got something more than just a job. I have a career.” -Louise
57. “Mrs. Briggs, you’re fired. Sorry you got shot.” -Governor Wilburn
58. “I know the kind of price that’s on your head, Doctor. And I’m letting you walk right out the door. So I’d say, letting me into this hospital was the best decision you ever made.” -Mildred”
59. “I knew you wouldn’t stop. And I knew you’d do something to get my attention.” -Mildred
60. “Why must it be this spectacle? We aren’t Romans where a man’s death is used as a public sport!” -Mildred
61. “I see you’ve started wearing heels, Dr. Hanover.” –
62. “I want to give his head to my son as a gift for his 21st birthday.” -Miss Osgood
63. “Everything that happens in here is my business.” -Louis
64. “You should bathe more often.” -Mildred
65. “I do not run a house of ill repute.” – Louise
66. “But make no mistake, it is a new day at this hospital.” -Nurse Bucket
67. “I swear, Mother, it’s as if you hire nothing but imbeciles these days.” -Henry
68. “It is the duty of a nurse to help her patient.” -Mildred
69. “The jokes the governor tells I don’t care to repeat.” -Gwendolyn
70. “I have a soft spot in my heart for a fidgety, faded, alcohol flapper like yourself. Which is why I gave you this job as a candy striper, because I felt as if your life could use a little direction.” – Nurse Bucket
71. “She’s in love with you. You know that, yes?” -Mildred
72. ”I thought I told you you were the worst lay of my life.” – Mr. Wainwright
73. “The man that God intended him to be was long gone before he arrived on our doorstep.” -Mildred
74. “Your thumb should be bent, you arrogant sack of garbage.” -Charlotte
75. “Life is just too short. And nearly dying…is very illuminating in that regard, so…” -Gwendolyn
76. “I didn’t know what to do. I was just a little girl.” -Mildred
77. “If they don’t want your craft therapy, you just say, ‘have a nice day’ and move on.” -Nurse Bucket
78. “And our job as nurses is to…treat the ill with as much care and humanity as possible.” -Mildred
79. “What is wrong with you? Do you have any idea how long it took me to make these things?!” -Louise
80. “Ooh, someone’s cranky. She sure could use a peach.” -Nurse Bucket
81. “All I was guilty of was showing these men mercy when no one else would.” -Mildred
82. “You love your monkey more than you love me.” -Henry
83. “How many Filipinos do you think there are in this town? This isn’t San Francisco.” -Mildred
84. “I didn’t lie to you. I just – I couldn’t tell you everything right away.” -Mildred
85. “Did you have a particular reason for knocking at my door?” -Mildred
86. “I know where the bodies are buried. Or rather, incinerated.” – Mildred
87. “Okay, ladies. Let’s hit the road” -Edmund
88. “Clearly your tumescence has distracted you, sir.” – Mildred
89. “With a nursing staff as unexceptional as you have, certain clerical errors are bound to happen.” -Mildred
90. “I appreciate all the optimism. I really do. But I don’t feel quite…free from the past… the way you might.” -Mildred
91. “This has been the most astonishing luminous month of my life.” -Gwendolyn
92. “My feelings for you are the truest thing in me.” -Mildred
93. “He’s hard-working, he’s trustworthy. He’ll devote his life to the hospital if you just give him the opportunity.” -Mildred
94. “Don’t ask questions you know the answer to.” -Edmund
95. “My brother…is Edmund Tolleson.” -Mildred
96. “I’ve seen crimes so heinous they beggar the imagination, but not one that I felt warranted state-sanctioned murder” -Dr. Hanover
97. “Oh Edmund, what have you done?” -Mildred
98. “You run a roadside motel, madam. You traffic in hanky-panky.” -Mildred
99. “Any glimpse of your backside Mr. Brinley will be brief, as it would cause even the most hardened observer to promptly avert their eyes.” -Mildred
100. “We both want that monster to get exactly what he deserves.” -Mildred
I hope you enjoyed these quotes from Ratched on Netflix!
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