Kaylee: I guess that makes us one man short.
Jayne: Little Kaylee's always one man short.

Oh my God, what could it be?! We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?! Oh right, that would be me.

Wash

Mal: Nice shot!
Jayne: I was aiming for his head.

You can't change that by getting all...bendy.

Jayne

You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here.

Jayne

Time for some thrilling heroics.

Jayne

Simon: So, what are we doing?
Kaylee: Oh, crime.
Simon: Crime! Good! Okay...crime.

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

Zoe

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

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.

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

Mal

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."

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.