Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" I have never witnessed, nor will I live long enough to witness, a more simplistic crime than me stealing your identity. "

" It's about taking the time to research and think things out. Honest people and criminals do the same thing; just the direction, good or bad, is different. "

" Most people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but when I look back at my life, I don't think very much about those years. 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. "

" When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.' "

" Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating. "

" One of the most popular scams is what they call account takeover. You write me a check, and I simply go online to a check-printing service and order 200 checks with your account information. "

" You can sit in a room and create anything you want on a laptop. That's why the real con men are gone. "

" Mostly, cybercriminals are motivated to commit crime for financial gain. "

" You get to a point in your life where you go, 'I don't remember what I did.' "

" I think my wife understood from the day I met her how important she was to me and how important it was for me becoming a husband and a father. "

" The law sometimes sleeps; it never dies. "

" I contend that there really are no more con men. There's no need for con men anymore. There's no need for the very sophisticated, suave guy, the well-dressed guy. Today, you steal with the computer from thousands of miles away - from China, from Libya, from Hong Kong. Your victim's never going to see you, so there's no need to be any of that. "

" You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way. "

" I use a shredder for bank statements and phone bills. Most people use ribbon shredders that cut things straight: we can put those back together in an hour. Look for a security microcut shredder, which cuts papers into confetti. "

" If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity. "

" It's quite flattering to have Leonardo DiCaprio play you in the movie. He's a great-looking young man. "

" 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. "

" Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively. "

" I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did. "

" I have to be honest with you: When the FBI let me out of prison early to advise the agency on preventing fraud, I wasn't a changed person. I wasn't rehabilitated. But when I started working with the FBI, one of the most ethical groups of men and women in the world, I couldn't help but have some of that character rub off on me. "

" The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera. "

" Unlike most divorces, where the children were usually the first to know, my parents were very good about keeping that a secret. "

" 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. "

" You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I speak at a lot of universities, and people are always worried about Facebook, and when I explain how to use it properly, they immediately go back and make those changes. "

" While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly. "

" I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will. "

" I'm so different from the egotistical, self-centred person I was when I did those things. And to watch someone acting out your memories on the screen is like reliving it. Like someone taking you back and showing you what you did. "