Rayburn Quotes in Man on Fire (2004)

Rayburn: [refering to Creasy to Miguel Manzano in the hospital] A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.

Rayburn: [refering to Creasy, to Miguel Manzano in the hospital] He'll deliver more justice in a weekend than ten years of your courts and tribunals.

Creasy: [during a barbeque cookout at his home with his family] Do you think God'll forgive us for what we've done?

Rayburn: No.

Rayburn: [over the phone with Creasy] Well, you know what they say. A bullet always tells the truth.

Rayburn: [during a barbeque cookout at his home with his family] Mariana!... Obey me, and I will love you.

Creasy: So that's how it works huh?

Rayburn: That's how it works.

[Mariana brings Rayburn his drink]

Creasy: Does she have a sister?

Rayburn: [refering to Creasy and Pita, to Miguel Manzano in the hospital] She showed him it was OK to live again.

Rayburn: [to Miguel Manzano in the hospital] And they're gonna wish they never touched a hair on her head.

Rayburn: Why, you're just a little choosy how you kick the bucket, ain't ya? You're just a-figuring and a-worrying in that head of yours, thinking there will be a miracle... and you don't have to die at all. Well, I used to josh myself that way once, too. I sleep better now.

Rayburn: You know, when I first came out west, I heard it was a pretty dangerous place. I figured if a man took chances, he wouldn't last very long. But the more chances I took, the safer I got.

Sheriff Bill Cummings: You know, Rayburn, I always had an idea you were a man trying to commit suicide.