Mal: Bad in the latin, but good in the life altering quotes

POSTED BY: zark1976
UPDATED: Thursday, June 24, 2004 19:44
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ZARK1976

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 11:55 PM

Well, here's a list of ten Mal quotes that could be considered for life lessons. I only pulled from about half the episodes, so odds are i could'a made this list longer, but here y'are.

1. That's what governments are for. Get in a man's way.
2. Way it is is the way it is. We got to deal with what's in front of us.
3. the woods are the only place I can see a clear path.
4. I do the job. I get paid. And that's all.
5. If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
6. when a man's engaging in clandestine dealings, he has this preference for things being smooth.
7. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
8. It's my estimation that every man ever got a'statue made of him was one kind of sommbitch or another. Ain't about you, Jayne. 'Bout what they need.
9. Dead horse is cover, live horse is a great pile of panic.
10. They don't like it when you shoot at them.

"Could be he's harboring some resentment at us for putting his man through our engine."

CALIGARI

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:22 AM

I'm rather fond of "Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back".

JCOBB

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:26 AM

"...We're still flying, and thats enough."

I don't care, I'm still free.

SGTGUMP

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:19 AM

" Um, I'm lost. I'm angry, and I'm armed. So..."

Iv'e always liked that from war stories.

"Are we going to sing army songs?" - Wash

RECHELON

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:33 AM

Everybody dies alone.

MANTICHORUS

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:41 AM

All of those are good, but I got a few of m'own to add:
1. If people get nosy, shoot 'em... politely (the last bit is important).
2. Everyone having the advantage over you makes you special.
3. Getting paranoid and crotchety is a sign of space dementia.
4. Hitting a man with a closed fist is, on occasion hilarious.
5. It's a real burden being right so often.
6. Moribid and creepifying, I got no problem with.
7. When dealin' with Alliance boys, 'sanguine' covers all possibilites.
8. Whoa. Good Bible.
9. Looks can be deceiving.
10. (Might not be exact, but...) Anything you do to my crew, you do to me.

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WREN

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:52 AM

Instead of:
4. I do the job. I get paid. And that's all.

I prefer this version:
'I do the job. I get paid. Go run your little world.'
It's something I would have loved to have said to my ex-supervisor.

ZARK1976

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Caligari:
I'm rather fond of "Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back".

You're absolutely right. I was gonna use that one, but I hit 10 before I picked up that episode's script. So it didn't make it in.

"Could be he's harboring some resentment at us for putting his man through our engine."

BADGERSHAT

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:01 PM

Personally, my favorite Mal-ism is in the exact mid-point, after opening River's stasis-pod-thing, and he simply says "... huh..."

That's become part of my family's lingo lately.

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

LIZ

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mantichorus:
10. (Might not be exact, but...) Anything you do to my crew, you do to me.

never really thought about it until reading this and trying to get the exact quote in my head, but it's kind of like "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me"
very interesting... (probably a topic for a different thread though.)

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