Favorite Simon Quote?

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BRUISERSMOM

Thursday, January 5, 2006 3:35 AM

Bump! I liked this thread because it had so many great quotes on it and recent posters may not know about it.

Does anyone have any Serenity quotes that they would like to add?

"You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals."--George Mikes

BRUISERSMOM

Thursday, January 5, 2006 3:35 AM

Bump! I liked this thread because it had so many great quotes on it and recent posters may not know about it.

Does anyone have any Serenity quotes that they would like to add?

"You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals."--George Mikes

DONCOAT

Thursday, January 5, 2006 4:33 PM

Simon: "This isn't fear. It's anger."
Mal: "Well, kinda hard to tell one from t'other, face like yours."
Simon: "I imagine if it were fear, my eyes would be wider."

"Son - of - a - WHORE!"

The scene on the docks at Beaumonde between Simon and Kaylee is a gem -- that's more of a Kaylee highlight, really, but it ends with Simon asking River if she wants to stay. River answers, "It isn't safe." Simon responds, "No, I fear it isn't safe anymore." But he doesn't hear her continuation: "...for them." Okay, so that part is more of a River highlight... (*sigh*)

There's also the "never thought about anything but keeping River safe... my one regret is never being with you" monologue just before the reaver battle. Don't have the VC handy to look it up.

Not a Simon funny, but a good scene:
Simon: "We'll get off. When we get to Haven we'll get off and..."
Kaylee: "Nobody's saying that."
Wash: "Nobody but Jayne is saying that."

(From the show, I don't think it was mentioned above):
After River confesses to throwing up on *his* bed: "Yup. That's my sister."

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PSOLARIS

Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:22 PM

I liked one that someone mentioned above from OiS:

SIMON: (to River) He's really very gentle and fuzzy, we're becoming fast friends.

And I like from the BDM:

SIMON: (to River) Am I speaking to Miranda now?

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

JAYRO

Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:30 PM

Ariel - "Now, we could circle each other and growl, but that thought wearies me."

BDM - "Yes - she always did love to dance."

Jaynestown - "No, this is what going mad feels like."

Serenity - River: "I didn't think you'd come for me." Simon: "Well, you're a dummy."

"One has lepers."

FKGRAVITY

Thursday, January 5, 2006 6:36 PM

"You are like a trained ape... without the training" is my favorite quote from Simon. I like his deadpan humor.

SIKKUKUT

Thursday, January 5, 2006 6:40 PM

Slight misquote above; my favorite Simon quote might well be:

"Could you not do that while we're... *ever*?"

Agreed, though, that for sheer character development and inspiring respect, his speech to Jayne in Trash is the best. That's a truly superb monologue.

Incidentally, my little sister is a big Firefly fan as well, and we have tons of Simon/River moments. "Dear diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy." Yep, that's pretty much us. Of course, we always go ahead and do the whole quote, which usually doesn't apply. But it's funny.

LEIGHKOHL

Thursday, January 5, 2006 6:55 PM

My favorite lines from the series- Deleted scene from Our Mrs. Reynolds:

Simon- She's really crazy

&

Simon- ...that's not something brothers and sisters do...I mean on some planets, but only pretty bad ones.

just kills me!

BRUISERSMOM

Friday, January 6, 2006 2:45 AM

I like those Simon quotes from the deleted scenes too.

"You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals."--George Mikes

SHINYTALENT

Friday, January 6, 2006 2:52 AM

My favorite memories of Simon are when he and Jayne are... interacting so I'm gonna go with a timeless classic-
"You're like a trained ape... Without the training."

The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.

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