Frank Abagnale Quotes

When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

We do things in our past that we need to do at the time.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

As a kid, you don't know what's going on at the time. But once you get older, you start to realize it.

As I look back over my life, I've been an active person - obviously I was self-absorbed for a period of time.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

The more you've lived, the more you've experienced, you emotionally know a lot more, especially if you haven't had a regular, straightforward kind of life.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

I'm in a position to look back at my life, and I realized there were a number of experiences that needed to be documented.

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

Every experience makes you a man.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.

I look back at my twenties and see that I was much less confident.