Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.[to Mr. Higgins]
Every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Eliminating the middleman, never as simple as it sounds. About 50% of the human race is middlemen and they don’t take kindly to being eliminated.[to Wash]
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’t miss a place you’ve never been.[Saffron: You missed a spot.]
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
As with other situations, the key seems to be giving Jayne a heavy stick and standing back.[to Mal]
Any friend of Inara’s is a strictly business-like relationship of mine.[to Nandi]
A man is just a boy who’s old enough to ask that question.[Fess Higgins: Aren’t I supposed to be a man now?]
A government is a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned.
“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]