I Rob Banks Because That’s Where the Money Is

Willie Sutton? Paul Perritt? Robert M. Yoder? Fred Curran? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The famous criminal Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks, and his reported response was simple, eloquent, and humorous: Because that’s where the money is. Now, I have been told that Sutton never really said this. Instead, it was …