Burn Notice Quotes
Michael Westen: [voice-over] You can't choose your intelligence sources. Might be a heroin smuggler, a dictator... or your mom.
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Michael Westen: Hey, can I borrow your car?
Sam Axe: Where are you going?
Michael Westen: Uh, just to the store to get some yogurt.
Sam Axe: C'mon, Mike. Fiona calls, whisper whisper. All of a sudden, you got to have yogurt? What's the big secret?
Michael Westen: No big secret. Just love yogurt.
Sam Axe: Where are you going?
Michael Westen: Uh, just to the store to get some yogurt.
Sam Axe: C'mon, Mike. Fiona calls, whisper whisper. All of a sudden, you got to have yogurt? What's the big secret?
Michael Westen: No big secret. Just love yogurt.
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Michael Westen: Listen, Fi, uh, now's not a good time...
Sam Axe: [following him in] Oh, Jesus, Mike, you didn't tell me she was gonna be here.
Fiona Glenanne: [rushes at Sam] You cost me a lot of money, you son of a bitch! I've been waiting to talk to you for a long time!
Sam Axe: Oh, I cost you? OK, for starters, what you're talking about never officially happened, all right? But even if it had, you deserved a lot worse than what you got, lady!
Sam Axe: [following him in] Oh, Jesus, Mike, you didn't tell me she was gonna be here.
Fiona Glenanne: [rushes at Sam] You cost me a lot of money, you son of a bitch! I've been waiting to talk to you for a long time!
Sam Axe: Oh, I cost you? OK, for starters, what you're talking about never officially happened, all right? But even if it had, you deserved a lot worse than what you got, lady!
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Michael Westen: [noticing police car outside] Uh Oh, I gotta to take the over-the-roof and down-the-rain-gutter exit...
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Victor the Wrangler: I don't like your field tactics.
Michael Westen: I don't like your whining. Are you gonna pout all night?
Michael Westen: I don't like your whining. Are you gonna pout all night?
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Michael: [V.O.] Anyone who has handled large amounts of cash can tell you it's one of the toughest things in the world to move. It's heavy and dense; dead weight. If it's on fire, of course, that complicates things further.
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Michael: Don't make a move unless things go bad.
Sam: And if things go bad?
Michael: Well, it was nice seeing you guys again.
Sam: And if things go bad?
Michael: Well, it was nice seeing you guys again.
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Michael: Guys, guys! I have a loaded machine pistol in my hand and I have no idea what I'm doing!
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Michael: You lost my car in a card game.
Nate Weston: Well, I needed the money and you weren't helping me out. Besides, nothing ventured, nothing gained, bro.
Michael: It was a rental car you ventured.
Nate Weston: Well, I needed the money and you weren't helping me out. Besides, nothing ventured, nothing gained, bro.
Michael: It was a rental car you ventured.
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Michael Westen: [V.O.] Getting information out of someone who doesn't want to give it up is all about upsetting the target's emotional balance, impairing their judgment. Fear is good for that; anger is not bad either.
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Michael: [V.O.] As a rule, spies don't like dealing with cops. Covert ops are illegal by definition. If they were legal they wouldn't need to be covert.
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Michael: [V.O.] When you're claiming to be someone you're not, the key is commitment. You've got to sell it like your life depends on it, because sometimes it does. One reason to work with the same people is you know each other's moves, so if you shoot at your team in the middle of an operation, they know to go with it.
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Michael: [Voiceover] When you're being followed by the police, it's important to remember that having cops around is a problem for criminals, but it's an even bigger problem for a detective trying to remain inconspicuous on a stakeout.
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Michael: [Voiceover] Finding a way into a criminal organization is about observing social dynamics. You start with a target. You're looking for just the right person to approach. People in the inner circle are usually too tough to go after. Anyone with real power is bound to be cautious. Drivers and bodyguards are easier, but they usually don't have real access. You want someone with enough juice to be hungry for more; someone desperate to make a move. In short, you're looking for a frustrated middle manager.
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Michael: [Voiceover] To the educated eye, a prison tat tells a story: where you did time, why you did time, and who you did it with. It's a little like a job resumé for criminals.
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Sam: You ask me, there's something wrong with the world when we don't hang traitors anymore. It doesn't seem right.
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Strickler: You don't get to have the job and the girl! She doesn't fit into your future, our future! So why don't you do yourself a favor and forget the past?!
Michael: Fiona is not my past. [shoots him]
Michael: Fiona is not my past. [shoots him]
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Michael: Sam, if anything happens to me—
Sam: Oh, I'm finishing this, brother. I'm getting Fi out of there no matter what. Just don't tell her I said that.
Sam: Oh, I'm finishing this, brother. I'm getting Fi out of there no matter what. Just don't tell her I said that.
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[Sam attempts to disable a car that Fiona supposedly wired to turn off via a cellphone. It explodes.]
Michael: Fiona, you were supposed to stop the car, not blow it into the Everglades! What happened to shorting the ignition?
Fiona: You said disable; it's not going anywhere.
Michael: Fiona, you were supposed to stop the car, not blow it into the Everglades! What happened to shorting the ignition?
Fiona: You said disable; it's not going anywhere.
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Michael Westen: [V.O.] Spies go to bars for the same reason people go to libraries: full of information if you know where to ask.
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Michael: [V.O.] Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around. Any meeting, any appointment, you have to show up early, make sure you are not followed; make sure the area is secured; check out the other guy's advance team and see how well he is prepared. Its good trade craft but its like hanging out in your dentist's reception area 24 hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee, and every once in a while someone tries to kill you.
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Oleg: You're real Michael Westen, yes?
Michael: Yeah.
Oleg: Back home, your story Russian Intelligence tells to scare. They say you're one name for many people. Special Operations team. They think one person cannot make so much problems.
Michael: Nope. Just me.
Michael: Yeah.
Oleg: Back home, your story Russian Intelligence tells to scare. They say you're one name for many people. Special Operations team. They think one person cannot make so much problems.
Michael: Nope. Just me.
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Michael: [V.O.] My mom would have made a great N.S.A. communications operative. Drop me in the middle of the Gobi Desert, bury me in a goddamn cave on the moon, and somehow she'll still find a way to call me and ask for a favor. [screams into a pillow]
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Madeline Westen: You know you missed your father's funeral... by eight years.
Michael: Well, last time I talked to him he said, "I'll see you in hell, boy," so I figured we had something on the books.
Michael: Well, last time I talked to him he said, "I'll see you in hell, boy," so I figured we had something on the books.
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Michael: [V.O.] 30 years of karate. Combat experience on five continents. A rating with every weapon that shoots a bullet or holds an edge. Still haven't found any defense to Mom crying into my shirt.
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[After Michael almost broke a drug dealer's hand.]
Michael: [V.O.] There is a reason spies have a hard time making friends.
Michael: [V.O.] There is a reason spies have a hard time making friends.
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Michael: [V.O.] What do you do when an operation goes bad? Not much to do, but smile and try to stay alive.
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Michael: Would you put some pants on?
Sam Axe: What? I work better when I can breathe down there!
Sam Axe: What? I work better when I can breathe down there!
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