The Proverbial Firefly

POSTED BY: LadyDisdain
UPDATED: Friday, August 27, 2004 17:54
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LADYDISDAIN

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:20 PM

Here's one for all the quotemongers.

Looking for Firefly proverbs, truisms, and philosophies -- but there's a hitch. They have to make sense out of context, without knowing a thing about the characters, and not be a multi-character dialogue extract, but rather one coherent thought. Speeches, one-liners, anything that says something about life even if you've never heard of Firefly.

Think of it as a challenge. And you never know, these might just come in handy for all those hoping to convert others...

And I've already got "We've done the impossible and that makes us mighty".

THEGREYJEDI

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:43 PM

"You don't fix Faith, Faith fixes you."

"If you can't find work, you're not looking hard enough."

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INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:48 PM

Every well-bred petty crook knows that the small, concealable weapons go to the far left of the place setting.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

HAUFEL

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:21 AM

It's my estimation that...every man ever got a
statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or
another.

Yeah, and if wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' steak.

GOJIRO

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:24 AM

A captain's job is simple: Find a crew, find a job, keep flying.

You got a job, we can do it. Don't much care what it is.

gojiro

TRIBES

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:57 AM

"I'll take that as a Kindness"

'and here I am'

TETHYS

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:04 AM

"I'LL BE IN MY BUNK"!!

mebbe not a proverb, but oh well

"Your mouth is talking. Might wanna see to that"

STATIC

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:14 AM

"When you can't run anymore, you crawl. When you can't do that, you find someone to carry you."

"First rule of battle: Never let them know where you are. . .(exhasperated expression) but there are other schools of thought."

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

WILDHEAVENFARM

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:22 AM

Here's the way it works - I do the job and then I get paid.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

TRUTHSEEKER

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:06 AM

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

And:

The woods are the only place where I can see a clear path.

DARKVIOLA

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:41 AM

"Ten percent of nothin' is, let me do the math here... nothin' and a nothin', carry the nothin'... "

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech?

SHEPHERDQ

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 4:51 AM

The Bible is quite specific on the subject of killing, however it is some what fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

The Journey is the worthier part.
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SHINYSEVEN

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:00 PM

They don't like when you shoot at 'em. Figured that out for myself.

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:05 PM

OK somebody wrote this on the white board at work.

"Don't step on ducks. if you demonstrate competence at work it becomes part of your job description."

Now, we're all browncoats here. What would you write in response???

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

KNIBBLET

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
OK somebody wrote this on the white board at work.
"Don't step on ducks. if you demonstrate competence at work it becomes part of your job description."
Now, we're all browncoats here. What would you write in response???

I'm thinking something about juggling goslings is appropo.

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:02 PM

Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back!

You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people. I mean, you know... people that are...(beat) That's a dumb planet.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Knibblet:
Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
OK somebody wrote this on the white board at work.
"Don't step on ducks. if you demonstrate competence at work it becomes part of your job description."
Now, we're all browncoats here. What would you write in response???

I'm thinking something about juggling goslings is appropo.

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

Some people juggle geese!

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

EMPRESSPIRK

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:21 PM

"Everybody dies alone."

SHW

Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:28 PM

how about..
" One of the benefits of being puritanical about sex is not being embarrased about it afterwards, you ought to look into it"

.. Maybe I misquote, but that's been runnin' hrough my head for *days*

STICKGIRL

Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:47 PM

River: It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.

Existentialism in a nutshell

DAIKATH

Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:59 PM

Not a quote but something wich made me think Firefly.

'We'll go down with this ship."

TMURRIE

Friday, August 27, 2004 4:07 AM

"They say never punch a man in the face with an open fist, although on occasion it is hilarious"

"It's a post holer, for digging holes for posts."

"Is it still a room if nobody's in it? Does the room have purpose?"

AERRIN

Friday, August 27, 2004 4:12 AM

We did the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

DAIKATH

Friday, August 27, 2004 6:27 AM

Maybe not totally helping but here is another one.
"Even if we loose we won't show a white flag."

PURPLEBELLY

Friday, August 27, 2004 9:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shw:
how about..
" One of the benefits of being puritanical about sex is not being embarrased about it afterwards, you ought to look into it"

.. Maybe I misquote, but that's been runnin' hrough my head for *days*

It's entrancing when a misquote works as well as the original.

PINGJING

Friday, August 27, 2004 5:54 PM

Zoe in Heart of Gold:
"I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it."

Hope I quoted that right.

Julia