The Mechanic (1972)

Charles Bronson: Arthur Bishop

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• [last lines] 

  Arthur Bishop : [voiceover as Steve reads note]  Steve, if you read this, it means I didn't make it back. It also means you've broken a filament controlling a 13-second delay trigger. End of game. Bang! You're dead.

• Steve McKenna : You do this for money?

  Arthur Bishop : Money is paid, but that's not the motive. It has to do with standing outside of it all, on your own.

• Arthur Bishop : It takes a special kind of person to do that.

  Steve McKenna : I can dig it.

  Arthur Bishop : You say you can "dig it". But, the fact is that you don't know what you're talking about.

  Steve McKenna : You do?

  Arthur Bishop : Do I?

  Steve McKenna : Interesting. When he's cornered, he answers questions with questions.

• Arthur Bishop : Murder is only killing without a license.

• Arthur Bishop : That was pretty cold.

  Steve McKenna : I knew she wouldn't do it.

  Arthur Bishop : But, had she done that, would be willing to pick up the tab?

• Arthur Bishop : You always have to be dead sure. Dead sure or dead.

• Arthur Bishop : [When Arthur is explaining to Steve about the rules in the martial art scene]  They won't hit each other or one of them would be dead and that's against the law.