History Quotes / ProfessionalKiller

->''"They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. That was my profession."''
-->-- '''Rick Deckard''', ''Film/BladeRunner''

->''"The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. [[KnifeNut The knife]], for example, is the last thing you learn."''

-->-- '''Music/{{KMFDM}}''', "Professional Killer"[[note]]Misquoting Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade"[[/note]]

-->--'''Tommy Monaghan''', ''ComicBook/Hitman1993''

->"They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. That was my profession."

-->-- ''{{Film/Collateral}}''

->'''[[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]''': It's simple: We, uh, kill the {{ComicBook/Batman}}.\\
'''Salvatore Maroni''': If it's so "simple." why haven't ''you'' done it already?\\
'''Joker''' If you're good at something, never do it for free.
-->--''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->'''Francisco Scaramanga:''' When I was a boy, [[CircusBrat I was brought up in a circus]]. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye, [[PayEvilUntoEvil I emptied my stage pistol into his]]!
->'''Film/JamesBond:''' An eye for an eye.
->'''Scaramanga:''' You see, Mr. Bond, [[AnimalLover I always thought I loved animals]]. Then I discovered that [[BloodKnight I enjoyed killing people even more]].

->"A sure and steady hand did this. This ain't no squirrelly amateur. This is the work of a salty dog. You can tell by the cleanliness of the carnage. Now, a kill-crazy rampage though it may be, all the colors are kept within the lines."

->"They cry, they plead, they beg, they piss themselves, they cry for their mothers. [[AintTooProudToBeg It gets embarrassing.]] I like to kill 'em softly. From a distance."

->"Murder is only killing without a license."

->"I do assignments, designated targets. Some jobs need to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident look like accidents]]. Others must [[FrameUp cast suspicion on someone else]]. A select few need to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem send a clear message]]. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there."

->"The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. [[KnifeNut The knife]], for example, is the last thing you learn."

->"I don't interest myself in 'why'. I think more often in terms of 'when'; sometimes 'where'; always 'how much'."

'''Hemlock:''' Call it what you want; wet work, terminations, sanction. It all adds up to the same thing. Killing.
->'''Dragon:''' It is what you do best.

-->--'''The Salesman''', ''Film/SinCity''

-->--'''Augustus [=DiStephano=]''' on '''Il Duce''', ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''

->'''Gelt:''' I settle disputes... very quickly. I'm very good at it. I don't care who I work for, or with. That's why I've [[ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest collected a lot of enemies along the way]].
->'''Shad:''' You kill... for pay?
->'''Gelt:''' I have no home, no family, no ideals. What else would I kill for?
->'''Shad:''' Pleasure?
->'''Gelt:''' No. It's strictly business with me.

->"Think of it as a hobby. Something you do to relax. You're an 'assassination enthusiast'."

No, we do it for the money. And, because we above all must know the value of a human life, we do it for a great deal of money. There can be few cleaner motives, so shorn of all pretence. ''[[PretentiousLatinMotto Nil mortifi, sine lucre.]]'' Remember. No killing without payment.\\\

->''If there was still such a thing as income tax, then every year when Vic filled out his 1040 form he would put down, as his occupation, "sniper."''

->''A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead.''

->Bradleigh said with unusual heat, "It's a crazy mythology we've created about the [[TheMafia Mob]]. The cold professionals, the never-miss hitmen. All they know is triggers and bombs. More often than not they can't even handle the simplest job without screwing it up."

-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Assassin"

->"A hitman is like a plumber, a dentist or a mechanic: everybody is always looking for a good one."
-->-- '''Michael''', ''Series/BurnNotice'' ("Identity")

->"You wanted to know what I do for a living. I kill people. There's always one who wields the SwordOfDamocles, one self-appointed god. That's me, Alyson. That's me."
-->-- '''Robert [=McCall=]''', ''Series/TheEqualizer'' ("Nightscape")

->"I am ''not'' a murderer. Murder is petty, it's thuggish. Assassination is a ''tool'', a political statement. I am paid to help others ''make'' their statements."

->"The [[SoftSpokenSadist quiet]] type. He spends words like they were ten bucks a syllable. 'Course, he don't have to say much; before he turned 21, he turned up more hits than Hank Aaron."
-->-- '''Sgt. Geno Polucci''', ''{{Series/Kojak}}'' ("The Chinatown Murders")

->"I killed mothers with their babies. I've killed great philosophers, proud young warriors, and revolutionaries. I've killed the evil, the good, the intelligent, the weak, and the beautiful. I have done this in the service of His Divine Shadow and his predecessors, and I have never once shown any mercy."
-->-- '''Kai''', ''{{Series/Lexx}}''

->"You know how much they paid me to kill a man in Kings Landing? ''Seven silvers.'' They told me a man's name and that man never saw daylight again; none of those cocksuckers got away from me."
-->-- '''Karl Tanner''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', "Oathkeeper"

->"The numbing cold of the broken night [[EvilIsDeathlyCold had followed me in]]. Upstairs, The Trio tangoed down the Manor halls to the silent rhythm of their murderous hearts, the blood of their victims rust on their lips."

->"This ain't no fuckin' [[PrivateDetective P.I.]]! This is a ''ghost!'' This is a ''myth!'' This is a fuckin' ''HITMAN!''"
-->-- '''Blake Dexter''', ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' ("Terminus")

->"Ya can't spell assassin without 'sin'--and twice the ass!"
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''' , ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''

->"Not a 'crazed gunman', Dad, I'm an ''[[InsistentTerminology assassin!]]'' Well the 'difference' bein', one is a [[ConsummateProfessional job]], and the other's mental sickness!"

->'''Deadpool''': What? I kill people. It's a perfectly legitimate business.\\
'''[[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin]]''': Killing's not "legitimate!"\\

->"I do assignments; designated targets. Some jobs need to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident look like accidents]]. Others must [[FrameUp cast suspicion on someone else]]. A select few need to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem send a clear message]]. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there."

->"I do assignments; designated targets. Some jobs need to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident look like accidents]]. Others must [[{{Frameup}} cast suspicion on someone else]]. A select few need to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem send a clear message]]. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there."

->"Not a 'crazed gunman', Dad, I'm an ''[[InsistentTerminology assassin!]]'' Well the 'difference' bein', one is a job, and the other's mental sickness!"

'''Deadpool:''' It's a business.

-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy The Dark Knight]]''

->"The numbing cold of the broken night had followed me in. Upstairs, The Trio tangoed down the Manor halls to the silent rhythm of their murderous hearts, the blood of their victims rust on their lips.''

-->-- '''Ephraim ''', ''Vengeance'' by George Jonas.

->'''Francisco Scaramanga:''' When I was a boy, [[CircusBrat I was brought up in a circus]]. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye... [[PayEvilUntoEvil I emptied my stage pistol into his]]!

->"They cry, they plead, they beg, they piss themselves, they cry for their mothers. It gets embarrassing. I like to kill 'em softly. From a distance."

->'''Psychologist:''' Sunlight?]]\\

->'''Psychologist:''' [[WordAssociationTest Sunlight?]]\\
'''Bond:''' Swim.\\
'''Psychologist:''' Moonlight?\\
'''Bond:''' Dance.\\
'''Psychiatrist:''' Murder?\\
'''Bond:''' Employment.
-->-- ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''

->"If you're good at something, never do it for free."

-->-- '''Michael''', ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Identity"

-->-- '''Robert [=McCall=]''', ''Series/TheEqualizer'', "Nightscape"

-->-- '''Sgt. Geno Polucci''', ''{{Series/Kojak}}'', "The Chinatown Murders"

->"This ain't no fuckin' [[PrivateDetective P.I.]]! This is a ''ghost!'' This is a ''myth!'' This is a fuckin' ''Hitman!''"

->"Ya can't spell assassin without "sin"... and twice the ass!''"

[[folder:Video games]]

-->-- '''VideoGame/MaxPayne'''

-->-- '''Blake Dexter''', ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution''

[[folder:Web video]]

->"This ain't no fuckin' P.I.! This is a ''ghost!'' This is a ''myth!'' This is a fuckin' ''Hitman!''"

->"Not a "crazed gunman", Dad, I'm an ''[[InsistentTerminology assassin!]]'' ...Well the "difference" bein' one is a job, and the other's mental sickness!

->''"We do not ''murder''. We do not ''execute''. We do not ''massacre''. We never, you may be very certain, we never ''torture''. We have no truck with crimes of passion or hatred or pointless gain. We do not do it for a delight in inhumation, or to feed some secret inner need, or for petty advantage or for some cause or belief; I tell you, gentlemen, that all these reasons are in the highest degree suspect. Look into the face of a man who will kill you for a belief and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, your ears should catch the click of evil's scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the purity of the language.\\
No, we do it for the money. And, because we above all must know the value of a human life, we do it for a great deal of money. There can be few cleaner motives, so shorn of all pretence. ''[[PretentiousLatinMotto Nil mortifi, sine lucre.]]'' Remember. No killing without payment.\\

->''Assassination in Antiva is a tradition. It is more efficient than an election, as we say "Politics and death go together like kisses and love-making.'
'
-->-- '''Zevran''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''

->''She flushed all accounts, cut off all communication lines, exposed the Agency and used the confusion to vanish. Now the reformed Agency has finally tracked her down--And offered me the contract. One day, I will think of this [[NothingPersonal as just another job.]] After all, this is what I do.''
-->-- '''47''', ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution''

->They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. That was my profession.

->[[ImNotAHeroIm I'm not a hero, I'm just a bad guy]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil who gets paid to fuck up]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality worse guys]].
-->-- '''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'''

->If you're good at something, never do it for free.

'''Martin:''' No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for ''money''. It's a ''job''... That didn't come out right.

->'''Film/JamesBond:''' In my business you prepare for the unexpected.\\
'''Franz Sanchez:''' And what business is that?\\
'''Bond:''' I help people with problems.\\
'''Sanchez:''' (''nodding'') Problem solver.\\

->"A sure and steady hand did this. This ain't no squirrelly amateur. This is the work of a salty dog. You can tell by the cleanliness of the carnage. Now a kill-crazy rampage though it may be, all the colors are kept within the lines."

->What I do requires a certain mindset. I do assignments; [[DeadlyEuphemism designated targets]]. Some jobs need to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident look like accidents]]. Others must [[FalseFlagOperation cast suspicion on someone else]]. A select few need to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem send a clear message]]. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there.

->I love hitmen. No matter what you do to them, you don't feel bad.
-->-- '''Marv''', ''Film/SinCity''

->"I don't interest myself in "why". I think more often in terms of "when", sometimes "where", always "how much"."

->'''Dragon:''' One of our agents has been killed in Zurich by two men. We want you to [[DeadlyEuphemism sanction]] them.
->'''Hemlock:''' I'm sorry, you're going to have to get someone else to do your wet work.
->'''Dragon:''' Please! That is a distasteful phrase.
->'''Hemlock:''' Call it what you want; wet work, terminations, sanction...it all adds up to the same thing. Killing.

->We do not ''murder''. We do not ''execute''. We do not ''massacre''. We never, you may be very certain, we never ''torture''. We have no truck with crimes of passion or hatred or pointless gain. We do not do it for a delight in inhumation, or to feed some secret inner need, or for petty advantage or for some cause or belief; I tell you, gentlemen, that all these reasons are in the highest degree suspect. Look into the face of a man who will kill you for a belief and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, your ears should catch the click of evil's scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the purity of the language.\\

And always give a receipt.

->I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things.

->If there was still such a thing as income tax, then every year when Vic filled out his 1040 form he would put down, as his occupation, "sniper."

->"Tell me, Bronn. If I told you to kill a babe... an infant girl, say, still at her mother's breast... would you do it? Without question?"\\
"Without question? No." The sellsword rubbed thumb and forefinger together. "I'd ask how much."

->A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead.

->It was Avner's turn to be puzzled. "I mean a specialist in--you know, pulling the trigger. A guy trained to do the--the actual hit."\\
Ephraim looked at Avner, as it seemed, in utter amazement.\\
"A ''specialist'' in pulling a trigger?" He asked slowly. "You mean...you don't know how to pull a trigger? Four years in the army, you've never learned to pull a trigger?"\\
Avner was silent.\\
"''Trained'' to do a hit?" Ephraim continued. "Who's trained for that? You know a place in Israel they train people for it? It's news to me. How do you train people to do a hit anyway? Practice on dogs first, then say to them, see that old guy crossing Dizengoff Street, now you go ahead and shoot him?"\\
Avner said nothing.\\
"We train people to use a gun," said Ephraim after a pause. "We train soldiers to do commando work, to plant a bomb, to use a knife, anything. The way you have been trained. Be we don't train anybody to do a ''hit''. [[AvertedTrope We have no experts in that]]."
-->-- ''Vengeance'' by George Jonas.

->'''Avon:''' I don't know who he is, how old he is, what he looks like, or where he comes from, but I do know ''what he does''.
->'''Tarrant:''' And what's that?
->'''Avon:''' He ''kills'' people, for a ''great deal of money''.

->"The [[SoftSpokenSadist quiet]] type. He spends words like they were ten bucks a syllable. 'Course, he don't have to say much. Before he turned 21, he turned up more hits than Hank Aaron."

->"You know how much they paid me to kill a man in Kings Landing? ''Seven silvers.'' They told me a man's name and that man never saw daylight again; none of those cocksuckers got away from me. I haven't lost a fight since I was nine. Maybe it's time, eh? ''(kicks Rast)'' You think? [[TheStarscream Maybe you're the man?]] ''(kicks him again)'' I was a fookin' legend in [[TheCityNarrows Gin Alley]]. A fookin' LEGEND! ''I will take any knight, any time!'' Fookin' cunts in steel plate, fookin' cowards!"

->He's got the power -- he's like a god\\

A .45 is his religion, code of silence his belief

->The Liquidator\\

He'll kiss your woman good-night

->And then I spend your ransom money\\

I'm making a career of evil

->Yours is not to ask why\\
Yours is to do and die

->I do the "getting rid of", don't tell me why\\

It brings me great pleasure to say [[NoHonorAmongThieves my next job is you!]]

->Cursed be he who taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, "Amen."

->Assassination in Antiva is a tradition. It is more efficient than an election, as we say "Politics and death go together like kisses and love-making."

->The numbing cold of the broken night had followed me in. Upstairs, The Trio tangoed down the Manor halls to the silent rhythm of their murderous hearts, the blood of their victims rust on their lips.

->I hate being stereotyped. I'm not a cold-blooded killer. I'm a nice guy! I love my wife, I have two boys I'm very proud of. You just have to make the ends meet. And if that means I have to shoot someone now and then, hey, it's just my job from 9-5.
-->-- EnemyChatter, ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''

->She flushed all accounts, cut off all communication lines, exposed the Agency and used the confusion to vanish. Now the reformed Agency has finally tracked her down--And offered me the contract. One day, I will think of this [[NothingPersonal as just another job.]] After all, this is what I do.

->Ya can't spell assassin without "sin"... and twice the ass!

->Not a "crazed gunman", Dad, I'm an ''[[InsistentTerminology assassin!]]'' ...Well the "difference" bein' one is a job, and the other's mental sickness!

->'''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''': What? I kill people. It's a perfectly legitimate business.\\

'''Deadpool:''' It's a business...

[[folder:Real Life]]

->Let me tell you: You take on [[CIAEvilFBIGood the intelligence community]] - [[DeadlyEuphemism they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you]], so even for a practical supposedly hard-nosed businessman, [[Creator/DonaldTrump he's]] really dumb to do this.
-->-- '''Senator Charles Schumer'''

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->'''Avon:''' I don't know who he is, how old he is, what he looks like, or where he comes from, but I do know [[PunctuatedForEmphasis what-he-does]].

->"A hitman is like a plumber, a dentist or a mechanic: Everybody is always looking for a good one."

-->-- '''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''' , ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''

->'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''': What? I kill people. It's a perfectly legitimate business.\\

-->-- '''Robert [=McCall=]''', ''Series/TheEqualizer''

->'''Francisco Scaramanga:''' When I was a boy, I was brought up in a circus. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye... [[PayEvilUntoEvil I emptied my stage pistol into his]]!

->'''Scaramanga:''' You see, Mr. Bond, [[PetTheDog I always thought I loved animals]]. Then I discovered that I enjoyed killing people even more.