Frank Abagnale Quotes
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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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I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will.
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I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of.
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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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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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I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did.
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I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.
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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 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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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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Every form of payment has some risk associated with it.
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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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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 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.
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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 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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Criminals know that if they stay under certain thresholds, nobody is going to come after them.
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I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.
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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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Had I been older - maybe 25 or 30 - I would have never tried half the things I did because I would have rationalized everything and never did it.
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Airline pilots are men to be admired and respected. Men to be trusted. Men of means. And you don't expect an airline pilot to be a local resident. Or a check swindler.