Sam Axe quotes from Burn Notice

Sam

Mike, nothing worth doing is easy, and nobody loves easy more than me, but it's true.

Sam

You ask me, there's something wrong with the world when we don't hang traitors anymore. It doesn't seem right.

Sam

Operation unburn Michael Westen is officially off.

Sam

Looks like murder... [takes out a pair of sunglasses and puts them on] ...is in style this season.

Sam

Looks like the killer's plan... [takes out the sunglasses again and puts them on] ...is coming apart at the seams.

Sam

It's funny. You never really know a car until you drive it through a wall.

Sam

Bottom line? This whole business needs a little Michael Westen.

Sam

Where there's smoke, there's Fi.

Sam

Sometimes, when you push people past their limits, they realize they have no business standing so close to the line.

Michael

[V.O.] My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy, until...

[Over the phone] We got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted.

Michael

[V.O.] When you're burned, you've got nothing. No cash, no credit, no job history. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in.

Michael

Where am I?

Fiona

Miami.

Michael

[V.O.] You do whatever work comes your way. You rely on anyone who's still talking to you. A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend...

Fiona

Shall we shoot them?

Michael

[V.O.] An old friend who used to inform on you to the FBI...

Sam

You know spies. Bunch of bitchy little girls.

Michael

[V.O.] Family too...

Sam

Hey, is that your mom again?

Michael

[V.O.] ...if you're desperate.

Madeline Westen

Someone needs your help, Michael.

Michael

[V.O.] Bottom line is: as long as you're burned, you're not going anywhere.

Michael

[V.O.] My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy, until...

[Over the phone] We got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted.

Michael

[V.O.] When you're burned, you've got nothing. No cash, no credit, no job history. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in.

Michael

Where am I?

Fiona

Miami.

Michael

[V.O.] You do whatever work comes your way. You rely on anyone who's still talking to you. A trigger-happy girlfriend...

Fiona

Shall we shoot them?

Michael

[V.O.] An old friend who used to inform on you to the FBI...

Sam

You know spies. Bunch of bitchy little girls.

Michael

[V.O.] Family too...

Sam

Hey, is that your mom again?

Michael

[V.O.] ...if you're desperate...

Madeline

Someone needs your help, Michael.

Michael

[V.O.] ...And a down-and-out spy you met along the way.

Jesse Porter

That's how we do it, people!

Michael

[V.O.] Bottom line is: as long as you're burned, you're not going anywhere.

Sam

[re: Fiona] You sure this is a good idea, you hooking up with her again?

Michael

I'm not hooking up with her, okay? I'm not. I need her for tactical support.

Sam

[laughs] Is that what they're calling it these days? "Tactical support"?

Michael

Would you put some pants on?

Sam Axe

What? I work better when I can breathe down there!

Michael

Uh, listen, Fi, now's not the best time...

Sam

[entering] Oh, Jesus, Mike, you didn't tell me she was gonna be here.

Fiona

[rushing at Sam] You cost me a lot of money, you son of a bitch! I've been wanting to talk to you for a long time!

Sam

I cost you? Okay, for starters, what you're talking about never officially happened! Second, you deserved a lot worse than what you got, lady!

Michael

Sam...

Michael

[V.O.] There's a reason spies don't have a lot of parties. Everybody's got a history with everybody else.

Sam

How many were there?

Fiona

I don't know, four? They took off after cocktail hour.

Michael

Fi, it looks like Fallujah down there.

Fiona

I was half hoping that they'd stick around for a bit. Cara's got quite a liquor cabinet, good for a ten hour siege.

Sam

The kid hangs out at a bar on South Beach. We could go look around.

Fiona

Every third guy in a bar will tell you he's a modeling scout.

Sam

Hey, I've used worse lines. And succeeded.