“The chap that endures hard knocks like a man enjoys a soft time later on.”

“You are offered a chance to live and enjoy yourself in this world, but sooner or later, death will come knocking on your door.”

“You know,” Malcolm remarked to no one in particular, “I’d say that chap doesn’t enjoy time travel.”

“So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time?”

“I haven't seen this chap's boots yet, but I should say from his knock he's a good opinion of himself.”

“Well chaps first I'd like to say a few vile things more or less at random, not only because it is expected of me but also because I enjoy it.”

“Life's like a penis; When it's soft you can't beat it; When it's hard you get screwed. - The Fat Man, Medical Resident in The House of God”

“Those with hard temperaments like to win through struggle; they don't like to be defeated. Inferior hard temperaments are explosive and rash, fierce and violent. Soft temperaments are placid and earnest. Inferior soft temperaments are weak-willed and do not seek a thorough understanding of the skills. Tai chi chuan stresses that hardness and softness complement each other. Training teaches one to be hard, but not excessively so, soft, yet not weak. This is to truly absorb the teachings.Those with soft temperaments easily improve. Those with inferior hard temperaments always mistake slowness and lack of force for sluggishness and weakness. Actually, slowness and forcelessness are fundamental aspects of training. Just as steel is produced by applying heat to iron, tempering it, skills of tai chi chuan are refined gradually over a long time.”

“My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.”

“A man walks down the street
He says why am I soft in the middle now
Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard”