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

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

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

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

Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer

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

Jane Wagner (1935) Playwright, actress

“Don't ever forget the words on a postcard that my father sent me last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.”

Anna Quindlen (1952) journalist, Novelist

“You're a coward, James.
You're running away from humanity.
You're running away from reality.
It won't be funny when they rat-a-tat-tat you down.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

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

Robert M. Sapolsky (1957) American endocrinologist

“But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were, and who were the rats.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

“Despite all my rage
I am still just a rat in the cage.”

Billy Corgan (1967) American musician, songwriter, producer, and author

“Fox the fox
Rat on the the rat
You can ape the ape
I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can't take any more
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey.”

Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian