Burn Notice

Sophia: Campos is in a turf war with the Mexicans. They put a hit out on him last week. It's pretty ugly. Michael: Ugly's good. We can work with ugly. Sophia: How? Michael: I need to get in with Raul. Quietly make myself useful; get some information. Then I let Campos know that Raul is spilling information to a new friend behind his back. Campos deals with Raul for us and it looks like you had nothing to do with it. Sophia: You make it sound so easy. Michael: That sounded easy?

Michael: That stalker happens to have a Mac-10 in his jacket! Oh-- you knew didn't you? Sam: 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.

Michael: Gonna need a fresh face, someone he won't expect. Fiona: You know how I feel about money launderers. The last one I dealt with, they're still finding pieces of him all over Belfast. Michael: Do it for me? Fiona: Your charms no longer have any effect on me Michael. Michael: Do it for all the yogurt you can eat? Fiona: Fine, but I can't promise that I won't kill him.

Michael: (voice-over) Most assassinations involve the firing of a single well-placed bullet. The trick to selling an assassination attempt is to use a lot more fire power... and an explosion or two doesn't hurt.

Michael: (voice-over) Drug cartels have their own internal justice system. It doesn't involve courts or lawyers or proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; if they think you might be a traitor, they'll kill you just to be on the safe side.

Michael: (voice-over) 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.

Counselor: I've always liked to think that the "C" in counseling stands for communication.

Michael: (voice-over) People don't trust information they get for free. If you wanna sell someone on a lie, you have to make them drag it out of you. It's effective, but often painful.

Michael: (voice-over) If you wanna make a friend, solve a problem for them. No problem to solve? Create one.

Michael: (voice-over) There may be no honor among thieves but there's a certain amount of respect. Establishing you're in the same racket is a great way to make an introduction.

Michael: (voice-over) Cheque fraud is more about technique than high tech equipment. Some old cheques, a roll of scotch tape, some nail polish remover and you're in business. Nail polish remover is mostly acetone; which dissolves ink. Get your hands on a cheque that's been filled out by the account holder, dissolve everything but the signature, and you've got yourself a blank cheque. Counterfeiters called it cheque washing.

Madeline: Michael? You still haven't fixed my coffee maker and I can't find the warranty. Michael: Warranty?! That thing was built in 1967.

Michael: (voice-over) In covert ops you always want to be the one setting the meeting. When you're following someone else's instructions, they set the agenda, they control the security and they get to make you jump through hoops to remind you they are in charge.

Michael: (voice-over) In the world of intelligence, if an operative hands you a crossword puzzle, chances are you've just received a coded message. It's the art of Steganography sending coded messages that don't look like messages unless you have the key.

Michael: (voice-over) Relationships are about trust. People trust you when they have something on you. Like, say, the name and address of a mistress in Orlando, or information about a secret gambling habit. It's all about making them feel secure.

Michael: (voice-over) Inexperienced operatives abandon a cover ID under pressure; experienced ones just play their roles harder.