Jayne, your mouth is talking. Might wanna look to that.

Mal

Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just shoot 'em.
Zoe: Shoot 'em?
Mal: Politely.

A captain's goal was simple. Find a crew, find a job, keep flying.

Narration

A ship would bring you work; a gun would help you keep it

Narration

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an over-abundance of schooling.

Mal

Zoe: Jayne?
Jayne: Hell, I didn't fight in no war. Best o' luck, though.

Inara: What did I saw about barging in to my shuttle?
Mal: That it was manly and impulsive?
Inara: Yes, precisely, only the exact phrase I used was, "Don't."

What the hell's going on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys get loose?

Mal

Niska: You do not like that I kill this man.
Mal: Oh no, I'm sure he was a very bad person.
Niska: My wife's nephew. At dinner I am getting earful.

Zoe: I have an image of a guy hanging from a ceiling.
Mal: I have an image of it not being me.

Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

Zoe

Mal: I gotta know how close the Alliance is, exactly how much you told them before Wash scrambled your call. So I've given Jayne here the job of finding out.
Jayne: He was non-specific as to how.

Firefly Quotes

Mal: You're only going to scare him.
Jayne: Pain is scary.

Mal: I gotta know how close the Alliance is, exactly how much you told them before Wash scrambled your call. So I've given Jayne here the job of finding out.
Jayne: He was non-specific as to how.