Lincoln Burrows

Prison Break

- Character Guide

Characters: #2 of 21 (Full List)

+ Add to My Characters

Played by:

Dominic Purcell
Born in England but raised in Australia by his Norwegian father and Irish mother, Purcell was a bored ...

« Back to Character Profile

Lincoln Burrows Quotes

	Season 4 / Episode 22: - Killing Your Number Lincoln Burrows: We took a vote. You're in luck. Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell: Oh, lucky day! Lincoln Burrows: What we voted on was whether or not you took a stick of gum on your van ride back to prison.
	Season 4 / Episode 2: - Breaking and Entering Lincoln Burrows: [to Michael] You better have one hell of a plan, Michael.
	Season 4 / Episode 2: - Breaking and Entering Michael Scofield: He's an identity thief. Lincoln Burrows: He's a douche.
	Season 3 / Episode 12: - Hell or High Water Susan B. Anthony: Gotta commend you on that boom box trick. You steal that one from 'Home Alone'? Lincoln Burrows: You fell for it, bitch.
	Season 3 / Episode 11: - Under and Out Michael Scofield: Change of plans, Linc. We're doing this tonight. Lincoln Burrows: What happened? Michael Scofield: Rain. Dirt. Tunnel. Problem.
	Season 3 / Episode 10: - Dirt Nap Lincoln Burrows: I got your back, man. When you get home, whatever you need, whatever you want... Fernando Sucre: That won't be necessary. When I get back home, I'm a saint. I'm not even jaywalking.
	Season 3 / Episode 5: - Interference Michael Scofield: I ran some tests last night. Military jeeps patrol the perimeter at night. There's no way of telling where they're going to be in the dark. Lincoln Burrows: We need the dark!
	Season 3 / Episode 5: - Interference Lincoln Burrows: I want this to work out just as badly as you do. Susan B. Anthony: More, I'm sure.
	Season 3 / Episode 3: - Call Waiting Susan B. Anthony: Busy day? Lincoln Burrows: Not as busy as I'd hoped.
	Season 3 / Episode 3: - Call Waiting Lincoln Burrows: Michael got the bounty off Whistler's head in two days. That's more than your people could do in two weeks. Show some goodwill. Susan B. Anthony: He'll get his goodwill when Whistler's out.
	Season 3 / Episode 3: - Call Waiting Susan B. Anthony: Absolutely not. Lincoln Burrows: It ain't a request. It's a dictation of terms. My brother ain't thinking about escaping until he talks to Sara. Susan B. Anthony: Oh, that's sweet. I can assure you of two things, Lincoln. One; that Sara's fine and two; you have a better chance at banging me on that bar than you do of talking to her. Lincoln Burrows: I appreciate the offer but I'll pass. Susan B. Anthony: Yeah? Lincoln Burrows: Yeah. Susan B. Anthony: Oh, and what if that's a dictation of terms?
	Season 3 / Episode 3: - Call Waiting Lincoln Burrows: One thing you should know about my brother, he's very stubborn. You want him to fetch, you throw him a bone.
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Fire/Water Lincoln Burrows: I'm assuming you weren't born by immaculate conception. Family ties being what they are... moms, dads, brothers, sisters. Anything happens to my son or Sara, I'm not coming after YOU, Susan.
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Fire/Water Lincoln Burrows: [to Sucre] Listen to me. The innocent people in your life, you have to keep them innocent. If that means walking away from them, that's what you gotta do.
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Fire/Water Susan B. Anthony: You know, they told me that your brother got all the brains. But I didn't realize that you were this stupid. Lincoln Burrows: What do you want, Susan? Susan B. Anthony: No sooner do I tell you to stick to the plan, then you go and hassle Whistler's girlfriend. You need to quit playing Sherlock Holmes and leave her alone. Lincoln Burrows: Why? Susan B. Anthony: Cause I said so. How about that? Lincoln Burrows: How about you beat it, so I can get back to work? Susan B. Anthony: I will. As soon as you give me what you took from her. Lincoln Burrows: I took nothing from her. Susan B. Anthony: I got a gallon of bleach, a tarp and a hacksaw in the trunk of my car. One hour, tops - you're off the face of the earth.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Orientaci�n Guard: Any attempt to assist an inmate with escape will be met with a lethal response. Lincoln Burrows: Wouldn't dream of it.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Orientaci�n Lincoln Burrows: What happened to your face? Susan B. Anthony: Cat. Lincoln Burrows: That's a big cat. Susan B. Anthony: You push anything into a corner too far and the claws will come out.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Orientaci�n Consult: The good news: as of yesterday, you're a free man. You got nothing to worry about. Lincoln Burrows: Just my brother.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Orientaci�n Lincoln Burrows: They find anything else? Consult: Like what? Lincoln Burrows: A bag. Consult: What was in it? Lincoln Burrows: A little money. Consult: Sorry. Lincoln Burrows: 'Course they didn't.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Orientaci�n Night Clerk: Your brother - where do they have him incarcerated? Lincoln Burrows: Sona. Lincoln Burrows: What? Night Clerk: The worst of the worst are in there. Men no other prison will take. They rioted so badly a year ago, the guards pulled out. Just left them to themselves. Thousand thieves, rapists, murderers. The government just stays back, keeps the perimeter. To them, Sona's a one-way street: what goes, in never comes out, unless it's dead.
	Season 2 / Episode 22: - Sona Lincoln Burrows: How does it feel to be on the run? FBI Special Agent Alexander Mahone: I'll survive. Lincoln Burrows: Not if they catch ya. They'll send you to the chair. FBI Special Agent Alexander Mahone: You think that's ironic? Lincoln Burrows: That'd be justice.
	Season 2 / Episode 21: - Fin Del Camino Lincoln Burrows: [to Mahone] It's going to end bad for you, man. Couple of things in this world I'm good at; one of them's looking into a man's eyes and knowing when he's beat.
	Season 2 / Episode 21: - Fin Del Camino FBI Special Agent Alexander Mahone: You're not going to like how this ends, Lincoln. I'm giving you a chance, right now. Just back away, all right? Just back away. Lincoln Burrows: You son of a bitch, you killed my dad. You're done.
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Panama Lincoln Burrows: You know, for what it's worth, no one forced Sara to do what she did. Michael Scofield: Whatever gets you through the night. Lincoln Burrows: What the hell does that mean? I didn't ask you to use her. Michael Scofield: It's not that simple. Lincoln Burrows: Whatever gets you through the night, buddy. Michael Scofield: You know what amazes me Linc? Nothing ever registers with you. Ever. It just rolls right off your back, doesn't it? We ruined Sara's life and it's like you don't even care. Lincoln Burrows: Is that what you think? Michael Scofield: We're here and Sara's back there in prison. Does that seem fair to you? Lincoln Burrows: None of it is fair. Just don't make this about boy loses girl. Michael Scofield: Who should it be about Linc? Westmoreland? Tweener? LJ? Lincoln Burrows: Let me stop you right there! Michael Scofield: Do you remember the name of the guard that was murdered because of the riot I started? Lincoln Burrows: Shut up Michael. Please. Michael Scofield: You don't remember his name? Lincoln Burrows: Shut up! Michael Scofield: I bet you remember Veronica's name, don't you? Lincoln Burrows: [pushes Michael very hard. They're both screaming now] You mention her name again and I swear to God! Michael Scofield: What about T-bag? Linc, he's out there, now! Because of us! You and me! Every life he takes, that's blood on our hands. And for what? Lincoln Burrows: I didn't ask you to do what you did. Michael Scofield: They were going to kill you Linc. Lincoln Burrows: Maybe you should have let them! Michael Scofield: Take that back.
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Panama Lincoln Burrows: I'm trying to remember the last time our lives made any kind of sense. Michael Scofield: Before mom died, when it was just the three of us.
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Panama Michael Scofield: I couldn't find her. [sees all the cop cars from a distance and realizes Sara's been caught] Sara! [to Lincoln] We got to go back! Lincoln Burrows: Michael you can't, there's nothing you can do. Michael Scofield: There's always something you can do. Lincoln Burrows: Not this time. Not this time. It's done. Sorry!
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Panama Michael Scofield: I can't believe we're running again. Lincoln Burrows: It's different now, man! Michael Scofield: You think so? Lincoln Burrows: Yeah, we took the bitch down! Michael Scofield: She stepped down Linc. Lincoln Burrows: Because of us.
	Season 2 / Episode 19: - Sweet Caroline Lincoln Burrows: You don't take a piss without a plan, man. Come on. Look at me, I never think things through and look where it got me.
	Season 2 / Episode 19: - Sweet Caroline Lincoln Burrows: [answering phone] Yeah? President Caroline Reynolds: Lincoln Burrows? Lincoln Burrows: Caroline Reynolds. President Caroline Reynolds: I understand you have something for me. [silence] You still there? Lincoln Burrows: Oh, I'm here. It's good to finally talk to you. Wish I had the chance one of those 242 nights I spent on death row, you ... President Caroline Reynolds: Please just play the tape. President Caroline Reynolds: It's awful, I know. But the choice was clear, you needed to be far away from all of this. Terrence Steadman: I am. I'm the Isle of Terrance, far off to sea. President Caroline Reynolds: But I'm still here for you. Now listen to me. Don't dwell on the negative. Terrence Steadman: Some people deserve to dwell, Caroline. President Caroline Reynolds: You know I'm only a phone call away. Terrence Steadman: Mmhmm. And 3000 miles. Do - do you know how cold it is here? President Caroline Reynolds: We talked about this, Terrance. You knew that you would be lonely, but it's only temporary. His appeals process has started already. This is gonna fly by quicker than your twenties. And soon the world will forget all about him. And they'll forget about you too, I promise. Terrence Steadman: But... it's killing me, not being able to see you. Sweet Caroline. President Caroline Reynolds: I wanna see you too, but that can't happen right now. Terrence Steadman: This house is so big, I just... I just think of you, lying in bed. President Caroline Reynolds: I know. Me too. Terrence Steadman: Your warmth, your touch...
	Season 2 / Episode 18: - Wash Lincoln Burrows: The woman that set me up... is going to set me free? Michael Scofield: I think she'll sign it with her own hand.

« previous12 3 next »

Previous: Michael Scofield

Next: Fernando Sucre

» Back to Prison Break TV Show