They wouldn’t arrest me if we got boarded. I’m just the pilot. I can always say that I was flying the ship by accident.
Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.[speaking to the cow fetus in the jar]
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.[about Jayne’s home-knit cap]
We gotta go to the crappy town where I’m a hero.
This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.[Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds: Define interesting.]Oh, God, oh, God, we’re all gonna die?
Sweetie, we’re crooks. If everything were right, we’d be in jail.[Zoë Washburne: I know something ain’t right.]
Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone.[to Zoë]
I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
Hey, I’ve been in a firefight before. Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.[to Mal]
Come on, Kaylee. We all know I’m the funny one.[Kaylee Frye: Malcolm seem a little funny to you at breakfast this morning?]
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?