Hal Gates quotes from Black Sails

Gates

[to Flint] Let me see if I have this right. This is the fourth prize in a row from which the profits will barely exceed the expenses it took to win it. Singleton's out there trying to convince them to torture that poor bastard of a captain simply because he hasn't worked out how to get them to do it to you. But you're happy because you've discovered that the information we can't tell anybody we're looking for exists on a page... that we don't have.

Gates

[to Billy] You saw the Scarborough. You know what's coming. We can't thieve forever.

Gates

[to Flint] That was my fault. Entirely my fault. I should've been clearer when I prepared you for this meeting. When I said we would need to keep our tempers in check if we were going to make this meeting happen, I should've specified that we'd need to do so for the duration of the meeting as well. Not to worry. A simple setback. Now we have clarity and a unity of vision. I feel good.

Gates

[to Flint] I know what happened on the Marie Aleyne. You told me the man you killed was reaching for a weapon. You told me it was self-defense. But there were no weapons in that cabin. I went and I looked. And I still kept my mouth shut. I don't know why, but I know you used the crew to assassinate those people. Men died that day. Our men. And I suspect there's been other times when we've been expendable to you. And if yesterday was one of those days, then you and I have a problem, because Billy wasn't expendable to me. He was a son to me.

Gates

[to Flint] I'm tired of this. I'm tired of the energy it takes to believe you. To believe in you.

Flint

I'm gonna go and see Richard. He can help me recreate the schedule.

Gates

Richard Guthrie?

Flint

Mm-hmm.

Gates

You think he's gonna help you?

Flint

Yes. Yes, I do.

Gates

Let's just for fun say that he doesn't. What then?

Flint

Then I'll forget about the schedule and go back to hunting fat, lazy merchantmen and everyone will be content.

Gates

This is one of those times where we pretend that we both don't know that you're lying.