Victoria Winters: "You know it's amazing that two people could be as different as you and Barnabus Collins." Burke: "Well now that I take as a compliment."
"It isn't every day that I find a hundred and thirty year old skeleton in somebody's closet."
"Barnabus is the last person in the world I'd ever be jealous of."
"I don't think you're always aware of the evil that can be around you." - to Victoria Winters Hear It
Sheriff Patterson: "Burke, what are you doing here?" Burke: "Trying to get myself shot by a trigger-happy sheriff."
"Some kids have an instinctive sense about people. Some kids are a better judge of character than the adults around them because they operate on instinct...There may be more to Barnabus than meets the eye and David senses it."
"I'd rather leave the hard bargaining up to our respective lawyers. We've had our last conflict." - to Elizabeth Stoddard
"I want it for you. I want it to be our home. I love you, Vicky. I want you to marry me."