Shepherd Book used to tell me, “If you can’t do something smart, do something right.”
You think there’s someone just gonna drop money on you? Money they could use? Well, there ain’t people like that. There’s just people like me.
You know what the chain of command is? It’s a chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who’s in ruttin’ command here.[to Wash]
See? That’s my whole problem with picking up tourists. Ain’t never what they claim to be.
Nothing buys bygones quicker than cash.
I’m starting to like this plan.[Simon Tam: For this to work, River and I will have to be dead.]
I’ll be in my bunk.[repeated line]
I won’t get ate! You shoot me if they take me! Well, don’t shoot me first![to Mal]
I got a share of this job. Ten percent of nothing is… Let me do the math here. Nothing and then nothing…
“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.”[reading Simon’s diary]
