Frank Abagnale Quotes
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By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.
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Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
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When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.
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If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.
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I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.
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If you took a child in London and took their iPhone and took them somewhere else in the country, they'd probably not be able to find their way back. That's a shame.
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When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'
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I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies.
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A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
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We should be very concerned: if identity theft is so simple to do, what's to stop me from entering this country and assuming the identity of someone else for the sole purpose of living here illegally for terrorist reasons? That alone would be a concern.
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Every form of payment has some risk associated with it.
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We're coming down to an extremely unethical society. Very few colleges offer courses in ethics, and very few companies have a code of conduct or code of ethics.
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I went from 198 pounds to 109 while I was in prison in France, and I had to tie my clothes on with rope.
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I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City.
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I never use debit cards. I only use credit cards. This way, if someone does get my account number... and charges $1 million, by federal law, my liability is zero.
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A lot of people say I was brilliant. I wasn't. I was an opportunist: a young entrepreneur who saw things and took advantage.
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We buy into the computer, and everything that comes from the computer, we believe to be the truth.
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Mostly, cybercriminals are motivated to commit crime for financial gain.
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You get to a point in your life where you go, 'I don't remember what I did.'
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Criminals know that if they stay under certain thresholds, nobody is going to come after them.
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We really need to get control over Social Security numbers. My children's generation, they're past it. But their children should be able to have a number that is secure.
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A lot of times, when I met somebody and took them out on a date, I obviously didn't tell them my background, because I didn't think I'd see them but once or twice.
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One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it.
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I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.