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    River: "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems."
    Mal [to her brother]: "See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like."

    Firefly

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    "'Ever see a hot shot hit kid,? I saw the Gimp catch one in Philly.'"

    — had to do it

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    Zoe: "Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller [than cows]."
    Wash: "Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles."

    Firefly

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    "Several Meat Eaters lay in vomit, too weak to move. (The Black Meat is like a tainted cheese. overpoweringly delicious..."

    NL

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    River: "They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky, and they remember what they are."
    Mal: "Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?"

    Firefly

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    "But who? What'd you bring in? A high school kid in short pants that had a twitch? You grab a bellhop because he's got three joints in his sock?"

    — "Walker," French Connection

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    Simon: "I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly-concealed herd of cows."

    Firefly

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    "An elderly gourmet with the insane bloodshot eyes of a mandril, is fashioning a hangman's knot with a red velvet curtain cord."

    Naked Lunch. Eat it.

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    Mal: "This is the last time. Last time with cows. Hey, there was an idea regarding beagles? They have smallish droppings?"
    Zoe: "I believe so, sir. Also, your disreputable men are here."
    Mal: "Better go take their money."

    Firefly

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    "In space, nobody can hear you in space"

    Alan (T-shirt design from "slightywrong," complete with xenomorph egg graphic https://www.mysoti.com/designer/slig...--tshirt--Alan)
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    Book [a preacher, after being shot]: "That's... that's quite a lot of blood, isn't it?"
    Mal: "Just means you ain't dead."
    Book: "'Fraid I might be needing a preacher."
    Mal: "That's good. You just lie there and be ironical."

    Firefly

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    "It is not possible (for us) to look at a child and know what the adult he will grow up to be will look liike, yet we are able to look at an adult and see how he came to be from the child he whose photograph we now see."

    — Nozick, Invariances

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    Zoe: "Knew a man who had a hole clean through his whole shoulder, once. Used to keep a spare hankie in there."

    Firefly

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    "Fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question, why? He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time."

    The Magnificent Seven

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    Jayne [pretending to read from Simon's journal]: "Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. [flips page] Today we were kidnapped by hillfolk, never to be seen again. It was the best day ever."

    Firefly

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    "Oh, look he's fighting back! This one is like a rabid animal! You better stay back!"

    Police Story

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    Zoe: "Cap'n'll come up with a plan."
    Kaylee: "Well, that's good. Right?"
    Zoe: "Possible you're not recalling some of his previous plans."

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    "My dear inspector, I must be allowed to protest on be'alf of my client, for these questions are rhetorical merely. And silence, please! I must allow my little grey cells to inspect, while you wait in most gracious patience, my very dear ladies and gentlemen!"

    — no idea, maybe from some Poirot TV episode or just a brief daydream while napping at the desk.

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    "What do you want me to say? Go ahead and sell it if you want to be a dumbski. Give it a shot."

    Donnie Bracso

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    Zoe: "You sanguine about the kind of reception we're apt to receive on an Alliance ship, Cap'n?"
    Mal: "Absolutely. [pauses] What's 'sanguine' mean?"
    Zoe: "'Sanguine.' Hopeful. Plus, point of interest: it also means 'bloody.'"
    Mal: "Well, that pretty much covers all the options, don't it?"

    Firefly

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    "Thank you! And I hope you have a reverent, austere Advent season as well, and that you can repent for your irreverent noisemaking premature revelry before it is the season."

    — no one, just my fantasy

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    Doralee: "A place like this might be good for your sister. Quiet, safe… a place where folks take care of each other."
    Simon: "Mmm, yes. Seems like a lovely little community of kidnappers."

    Firefly

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    "What follows is not an endorsement of vigilante justice, just a simple reminder that Jackie Coogan was apparently not someone you wanted to fuck with. A lynch mob formed and broke into the prison, grabbed the men, stripped them down, and hung them from a tree in a nearby park."

    — "Jackie Coogan: Uncle Fester Was Kind of a Badass", <https://affotd.com/2016/11/30/jackie-coogan>

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    Doralee: "It's the way of life in my findings that journeys end when and where they want to; and that's where you make your home."
    Simon: "This isn't our home."
    Doralee: "If it isn't here, where is it?"

    Firefly

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    "I saddled a cow. I milked a horse. [Something something]. Poured ketchup on my shoes!"

    — Gordon and Taub, "Saddled the Cow" (song)

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    Jayne (aboard an Alliance warship): "This place gives me an uncomfortableness."

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    "You ever do this for your clients?
    — Very occasionally. Not all of them have enough to get a brush through."

    Firefly

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    "Mercy is the mark of a great man. Meh. A good man. Meh. I'm all right."

    — some TV show (dammit, it is really good, yet again)

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    Quote Originally posted by Jizzelbin View post
    "Mercy is the mark of a great man. Meh. A good man. Meh. I'm all right."

    — some TV show (dammit, it is really good, yet again)
    See post 1643.

    Gabriel Tam: "Have you completely lost your mind?"
    Simon: "Pretty nearly."

    Firefly

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    "Saffron — I do know my Bible, sir. On the night of their betrothal, the wife shall open to the man as the furrow to the plow, and he shall work in her, in and again, till she bring him to his fall, and rest him then upon the sweat of her breast.'
    Mal — Woah. Good bible."

    FF

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    ^ One of the best quotations from the show!

    Gabriel Tam: "We got the wave at the Friedlichs'. I had to leave your mother at the dinner table!"
    Simon: "I'm sorry, Dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk."

    Firefly

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    "Mal: I was poisoned.
    Kaylee: You were drugged.
    Jayne: That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth."

    FF

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    Mal: "They let us come, and they let us go. What kind of ident card gets us that kind of reception and send-off?"
    Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God."
    Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged."

    Firefly

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    "Wash: Yes, Jayne, [River]'s a witch. She's had congress with the beast.
    Jayne: She's in Congress?"

    FF

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    Mal: "Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?"
    Zoe: "Big damn heroes, sir."
    Mal: "Ain't we just?"

    Firefly

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    "Zoe: No one's forcing you to go, Jayne: as has been stated, this job is strictly speculative.
    Jayne: Good! Don't know these folks, don't much care to.
    Mal: They're whores.
    Jayne: I'm in."

    FF

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    LOL!

    Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. [But] It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."

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    "Bunch of fools, worshipping the biggest fool of all time."

    The A-Team, spoken by B.A. Barracus about H.M. Murdock, to no one in particular.

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    Mal: "Gotta say, Doctor, your talent for alienatin' folks is near-miraculous."
    Simon: "Yes, I'm very proud."

    Firefly

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    "Get some Uzis, B.A.: c'mon, we're loading!"

    The A-Team

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    Simon: "So, finally a decent wound on this ship, and I miss out. I'm sorry."
    Mal: "Well, you were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens."

    Firefly

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    "Hey! Suckah! You better not be talking to no invisible animals!"

    The A-Team

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    Simon: "Captain, why did you come back for us?"
    Mal: "You're on my crew."
    Simon: "Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?"
    Mal: "You're on my crew. Why're we still talking about this?"

    Firefly

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    "A pour of Kilbeggan Single Pot Still has a golden look and a viscous coat, the latter wearing a heavy crown and marked by chunky tears. The nose is a fruity one, with a strong apple note, plus hints of spice and grassiness."

    from somebody's review

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    Mal (finishing a joke): "So then the Shepherd says to the Companion, 'Well, a good goat'll do that.'"

    Firefly

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    "Col. Decker: Captain, have you ever wondered why the A-Team manages to slip past us?
    Capt: They're good, sir.
    Col.: No, they're the best. They think as one. Feel as one. And act as one. But, with a wounded man in their midst, they cease to be that."

    The A-Team

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    Simon: "It's been a big day, what with the abduction, and all."

    Firefly

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    "It began to rain, she moved into the shelter. A young man followed her, pleasantly spoken, amorously disposed. She could not blame him, it was a natural mistake, she felt sorry for him, she disabused him gently."

    — Beckett, Murphy

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    Mal: "Now think real hard. You been bird-doggin' this township awhile now. They wouldn't mind a corpse of you. Now, you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you."

    Firefly

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    "Wylie supported Miss Counihan. mistress of the graded swoon, who murmured. 'Tell me when to look.'"

    Murphy

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