Peter Burke quotes from White Collar

Neal

You only know the guys that get caught. They're the second best criminals.

Peter

What's that say about you?

Neal

It says that there's an exception to every rule.

Neal

Did you really put Elizabeth under surveillance before you asked her out? Peter, I underestimated you.

Peter

You told him?

Elizabeth Burke

Oh, he said he wanted to make sure I wasn't seeing anybody else. Honey, it's cute.

Neal

I think it's adorable.

Peter

I'm putting you back in prison.

Peter

[About Neal] He's almost as brilliant as the woman I married.

Elizabeth

Ooh, good answer.[Pause] So what's the problem?

Peter

This is not the way it's suppose to go. You get caught, you do your time. There's more to this - more to this than some lost love. Some side angle he's playing.

Elizabeth

So you're suggesting he escapes a maximum security prison knowing full well that you'd catch him just so he could trick you into letting him out again?

Peter

It's a working theory.

Elizabeth

Yeah, keep working. Is it so hard for you to believe a man would do that for the woman he loves?

Peter

Neal just bought himself four more years in prison. For what?

Elizabeth

"For what"? If you were Neal, you wouldn't have run for me?

Neal

(After putting sunglasses on Peter) Now say, 'I'll be back'

Peter

No.

Neal

I swept the leg he went down.

Peter

You don't look dirty.

Neal

Yeah, well I know what I'm doing.

Peter

I thought you would be taller.

Mozzie

Me too.

Neal

You want me to pull the records? We have clerks for that.

Peter

I have something better. I have you.

Peter

Have you ever met a woman who didn't—

Neal

Brittney. Brittney Nicole. Second grade... I had a gap in my teeth.

Peter

This had better be good.

Neal

I took the painting.

Peter

Damnit Neal .

Neal

I wasn't gonna... [Peter holds up his hand] I did it for... [Peter stops him again] We can use it to catch Dorsette, he doesn't know I work for you.

Peter

We'll set it up tomorrow. Now get the hell out of my house.

Neal

[leaving] Goodnight, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth

Goodnight, Neal. [walks over to Peter] Well, he told you the truth about the painting.

Peter

Because they threatened Taryn.

Elizabeth

It's a start.

Peter

Yeah, it's a start.

Neal

I think I just saw the Ark of the Covenant back there.

Peter

If my face melts, let me know.

Neal

I never lied to Peter.

Elizabeth

You did leave a few things out.

Neal

You don't understand; I have to find Kate.

Elizabeth

My husband desperately wants to trust you and you keep giving him reasons not to. You're on your own on this one, Neal.

Neal

No, wait, please don't go. [Elle stands up and leaves]

Neal

[to Peter] Now what?

Peter

Now I wouldn't take you off this case if I could.

Neal

[about his mugshot] I never liked this picture.

Peter

It's not that bad.

Neal

It's better than my driver's license.

Peter

Which one? You have several. [Neal looks at him] Okay, one crime at a time.

Peter

Hello, Kate.

Hello, Peter. [turns on light]

Peter

We need to talk about Neal.

Neal

Aw, you're not comfortable around the six year old.

Peter

I don't speak their language.

Neal

I do?

Peter

Yeah, you do. Come on, Peter Pan.

Peter

How did you do that?

Neal

Well, your hand is programmed over years to write letters a certain way. Try to mimic someone else's, and your style will always creep in. But, turn the signature upside down and it becomes nothing more than a drawing, all you have to do is copy the lines. The preconceptions about letters go away and you have a perfect signature.

Peter

That's a neat trick. Don't ever copy mine again.

Neal

Never again.

Peter

You have copied my signature.

Neal

Let's... focus on the crime at hand.