Thank you for lighting me on fire and then giving me permission to be in pain.

Mercer

Alara, show Darulio here to his stupid lab.

Mercer

Kitan: It's Darulio
Brooks: The guys she cheated with? The one with the stuff coming out of his head?
Kitan: How did you know about that?
Brooks: You told me

Your children are unruly, disrespectful, volatile, and highly unpredictable. I am quite fond of them.

Isaac

Grayson: We have no idea where that thing leads. We could end up in a planet or a star.
Mercer: Most of space is empty so our odds are good. We're gonna have to chance it.

Kitan: What is that?
Bortus: It appears to be a Class 2 spacial fold.
Malloy: Back at Union Point, we called that a "glory hole"
Mercer: YOU called it a glory hole. Nobody else called it a glory hole.

Newton: Barry Manilow was an underappreciated genius of his time.
LaMarr: Then how come I want to throw myself out of the airlock?
Yaphit: I gotta say, watching your corpse drift away to this music would be so peaceful.

Marcus: Hey! You can't just leave us here.
Isaac: You are small and feeble. I will move at a faster pace alone. The weapon will increase your chances of survival by twenty-four percent.

Isaac: Your commands have little to no effect on their behaviour. Perhaps you should reevaluate your method of controlling them.
Dr. Finn: Just what I need. Parenting tips from a talking hubcap.

Isaac: Where is your counterpart?
Dr. Finn: I don't have a husband.
Isaac: Was he destroyed?
Dr. Finn: No
Isaac: Did you grow to despise each other and terminate your coupling?
Dr. Finn: I chose to be a single mother.

On my planet, when a program is not functioning properly, it is deleted.

Isaac

Isaac: The older, less intelligent one seems to derive pleasure from inflicting damage on his younger, weaker sibling.
Dr. Finn: He's a kid. They act up.

The Orville Season 1 Quotes

Mercer: I know Gordon has his issues but we all know that there's nobody that can drive a starship like him.
Admiral: Didn't he once draw a penis on the main viewing screen of Outpost T-85?
Mercer: He's drawn a lot of penises on a lot of things.

Mercer: I've had some personal stuff that's been going on... It's not really worth going into... Can I have one of these mints?
Admiral: Those are marbles.