“If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.”

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

“When your feelings build up and harden and die inside, then you're in big trouble.”

“Impoverished Paris Street Merchant (Jack Carter): Rats, rats for sale. Get your rats. Good for rat stew, rat soup, or the ever-popular ratatouille.”

“If your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough.”

“Now you're gone, and nobody says a word
about your troubled and exalted life.”

“If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.”

“Can't be part of the rat race when you're one of the rats who knows you're in a cage.”

“You're too close to your model.”

“You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.”