<P> A famous apocryphal story is that Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks . According to Ohnstad , he replied , `` Because that 's where the money is '' . The quote evolved into Sutton 's law , which is often invoked to medical students as a metaphor for emphasizing the most likely diagnosis , rather than wasting time and money investigating every conceivable possibility . </P>
<P> A famous apocryphal story is that Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks . According to Ohnstad , he replied , `` Because that 's where the money is '' . The quote evolved into Sutton 's law , which is often invoked to medical students as a metaphor for emphasizing the most likely diagnosis , rather than wasting time and money investigating every conceivable possibility . </P>
who said i rob banks because that where the money is
who said i rob banks because that where the money is
Sutton
Sutton