We’re not gonna die. We can’t die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so…very…pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
Zoe, ship is yours. Remember: if anything happens to me, if you don’t hear from me within the hour, you take the ship — and you come and you rescue me.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Serenity)
Doctor, I’m taking your sister under my protection here. If anything happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you, I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Serenity)
This is the captain. We have a…little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then…explode.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Serenity)
(mock reading Simon’s journal) “Dear Diary…today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.” (flips page) “Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.
Jayne Cobb (Firefly)
Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (lightly stabs Atherton with the sword) Guess I’m just a good man. (stabs him again) Well, I’m all right.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
Do you know what the chain of command is here? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who’s in command.
Jayne Cobb (Firefly)
These are stone killers, little man. They ain’t cuddly like me.
Jayne Cobb (Firefly)
And Kaylee, what the hell’s goin’ on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
I brought you some supper but if you’d prefer a lecture, I’ve a few very catchy ones prepped…sin and hellfire… one has lepers.
Shepherd Book (Firefly)