Burn Notice Quotes
[Michael and Nick are sitting in a car finalizing a plan.]
Michael: So you understand? You pick up the package and walk away. Got it?
Nick: Yeah.
Michael: You don't look at us, you don't talk to us, you just walk out with the video. Fiona and I will be watching to see if the kidnappers have someone there and Sam will follow in the car if he sees anyone leave.
Nick: Okay, so I walk to the car.
Michael: No, Nick; focus. You just walk away.
Fiona: You pick up the package and you leave like we're not even there.
Nick: But wait, you will be there, right?
Michael Westen: Yes, we will be there. Okay, go ahead. [Nick tries to get out but the door is locked.] Unlock it first.
Michael: So you understand? You pick up the package and walk away. Got it?
Nick: Yeah.
Michael: You don't look at us, you don't talk to us, you just walk out with the video. Fiona and I will be watching to see if the kidnappers have someone there and Sam will follow in the car if he sees anyone leave.
Nick: Okay, so I walk to the car.
Michael: No, Nick; focus. You just walk away.
Fiona: You pick up the package and you leave like we're not even there.
Nick: But wait, you will be there, right?
Michael Westen: Yes, we will be there. Okay, go ahead. [Nick tries to get out but the door is locked.] Unlock it first.
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Michael: The thing about doubling anyone is that the more they do for you, the deeper they get. The deeper they get, the more you can make them do. Great if you're running them, but hard on the source. The suicide rate is... above average.
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[Fiona is threatening Lucio with a taser.]
Michael: [V.O.] The art of turning someone into a double agent is delicate. The target has to be put into a fragile psychological state.
Lucio: Get this crazy bitch away from me!
Michael: [V.O.] Fortunately, fragile psychological states are a specialty of Fiona's.
Michael: [V.O.] The art of turning someone into a double agent is delicate. The target has to be put into a fragile psychological state.
Lucio: Get this crazy bitch away from me!
Michael: [V.O.] Fortunately, fragile psychological states are a specialty of Fiona's.
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Sam: He heard that she had a boyfriend who could help.
Michael : He heard that she had a boyfriend that could help.
Sam: I was vague. I said I was a freelance superhero Robin Hood kinda guy.
Michael: That's vague.
Michael : He heard that she had a boyfriend that could help.
Sam: I was vague. I said I was a freelance superhero Robin Hood kinda guy.
Michael: That's vague.
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Michael: [V.O.] Facts are the hallmark of a good false identity. It is harder to create history than it is to alter it. Plus, the more truth to your lie, the easier it is to remember.
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Fiona Glenanne: Evelyn comes along and she's attractive, sweet, needy. Don't deny it.
Michael: Fine.
Fiona: Isn't it interesting she turned out to be who she turned out to be. What shall we make of that?
Michael: You made your point, Fi.
Fiona: Did I?
Michael Westen: Yep, you did.
Michael: Fine.
Fiona: Isn't it interesting she turned out to be who she turned out to be. What shall we make of that?
Michael: You made your point, Fi.
Fiona: Did I?
Michael Westen: Yep, you did.
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Michael: [V.O.] A basic rule of covert ops is let someone else do your dirty work. Let someone else find the guy you want to kill. It's a great technique... as long as you're not the someone else.
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Michael: [V.O.] Just because there are no windows or doors doesn't mean there are no exits. The thing to look for is an air conditioner unit, that's where the wall is weakest. Also, people watch doors; they don't watch air conditioners.
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Sam Axe: Here ya go, Doug: my lucky vest.
Michael: It'll look great over my shirt.
Doug: Thanks.
Sam: It's a little worn, but it'll do the trick.
Doug: Are these bullet holes?
Sam: Yeah, I broke it in for ya.
Michael: It'll look great over my shirt.
Doug: Thanks.
Sam: It's a little worn, but it'll do the trick.
Doug: Are these bullet holes?
Sam: Yeah, I broke it in for ya.
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[Sam and Fiona are doing recon at a gay bar.]
Sam Axe: How do you want to handle this?
Fiona Glenanne: Well, I think the balls are in your court.
Sam Axe: How do you want to handle this?
Fiona Glenanne: Well, I think the balls are in your court.
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Michael: [V.O.] The truly paranoid don't go to meetings themselves. They use a cut out, someone unrelated to them hired to show a pre-arranged sign and deliver a message. The sign is something innocuous but hard to miss. My favorite is a tourist guide for Madison, Wisconsin. No one will look at it twice, but unless I'm in the Midwest, I know they are waiting for Michael Westen.
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Michael: [V.O.] A great way to get people talking about their security is to put them on the defensive. Accuse a guy of having bad locks and before you know it he's telling you where his motion detectors are.
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Nate: Hey bro, you look tired.
Michael: Hey Nate, you look clean. You shaved the ferret off your face.
Michael: Hey Nate, you look clean. You shaved the ferret off your face.
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Fiona: Ah, the mating dance of the spy. It's a wonder spies ever get close enough to kill each other, isn't it?
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[Sam walks into Michael's house with a bucket of fried chicken and Michael pulls his gun.]
Michael: That'll kill you, you know?
Sam: [referring to the gun] Yeah, no kiddin'.
Michael: No. The bucket of trans fat you've got there.
Michael: That'll kill you, you know?
Sam: [referring to the gun] Yeah, no kiddin'.
Michael: No. The bucket of trans fat you've got there.
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[Michael and Fiona are standing over a large cache of weapons, preparing for an operation.]
Michael Westen: If we need more than this, we're doing something very wrong.
Fiona Glenanne: Or something very right.
Michael Westen: If we need more than this, we're doing something very wrong.
Fiona Glenanne: Or something very right.
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Michael: [V.O.] When you work in intelligence, you get used to the idea that some information is worth risking everything for. You sign up for the lifestyle, or the chance to serve your country, or the millions of frequent-flier miles. But finally, it all comes down to putting your ass on the line to learn something.
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Michael: [V.O.] There are some fights you just can't win. A force can be so overwhelming that no tactical approach in a fight is going to lead to a victory worth having. When you can't win in a fight, sometimes you have to settle for making sure that if you lose, everyone loses. It works for nuclear weapons; it works for me.
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Michael: [V.O.] For any operative, stashing weapons is second nature after a while. Spies hide guns like squirrels hide acorns. You never know when you'll need some firepower, or where you'll be when you need it.
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Michael: [V.O.] Private military companies are best known for their bodyguard work. It's a big part of their business, but it's not the only part. For a big enough check, they'll rain hot lead down wherever you want. It's not work that attracts service-with-a-smile types.
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Michael: Seems the people who burned me want me for a job. For now, that's all I got.
Sam Axe: A job? Does it pay?
Michael Westen: More of a "we'll kill you if you don't do it" type of thing.
Sam Axe: Ah. Never liked those.
Sam Axe: A job? Does it pay?
Michael Westen: More of a "we'll kill you if you don't do it" type of thing.
Sam Axe: Ah. Never liked those.
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Michael: [V.O.] When you work as a spy, it's easy to think of people as assets. Resources to accomplish a goal. Because you don't have a personal relationship with an asset. You don't care about an asset. You don't miss the scent of an asset when she leaves the room.
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Michael Westen: [V.O.] If you wanna make a friend, solve a problem for them. No problem to solve? Create one.
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Michael: That stalker happens to have a MAC-10 in his jacket! Oh— you knew, didn't you?!
Sam Axe: Mike, look, I did a little pre-scouting; I knew he was packing, but I didn't know he had a MAC-10. I thought it was, like... a regular gun.
Sam Axe: Mike, look, I did a little pre-scouting; I knew he was packing, but I didn't know he had a MAC-10. I thought it was, like... a regular gun.
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Michael: [V.O.] Most people think distracting a group of guys is best done by a beautiful woman. The problem with beautiful women is people want them to stick around, which can cause a lot of problems. Obnoxious guys, they just want to get rid of.
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Michael: Fi, get me a sniper rifle and some C4.
Fiona Glenanne: Oh, I like where this is going.
Fiona Glenanne: Oh, I like where this is going.
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Michael: Mom, I gotta get to work, actually. Uh, what is it you need?
Madeline Westen: Well, I can't find my salad spinner.
Michael: That is tragic.
Madeline Westen: Well, I can't find my salad spinner.
Michael: That is tragic.
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Fiona Glenanne: Zeke is one careful con-man. He's security conscious, he's smart... smooth, too, in a cheesy, Sam kind of way.
Sam Axe: Hey, smooth is smooth, baby.
Sam Axe: Hey, smooth is smooth, baby.
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