The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I've had death threats, but I've never been fearful for my life. Although I have traveled with security since the '60s. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Life is bittersweet. Inside our heads, if we're lucky, we're the same kids as we were when we were young. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I remain good friends with most of the major relationships in my life. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
To pursue your dreams, to have them come true, to have made a difference, to have changed society, to have fought against… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I'm not putting myself up as the epitome of virtue. I certainly am living a non-traditional life. But it is also a… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I think that I am the luckiest cat on the planet and I'm living out my own dreams and fantasies and have… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Follow your own particular dreams. We are handed a life by peers, parents and society, you can do that or follow your… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
People project their own dreams, fantasies, and prejudices onto my life. So people are either fans, or jealous, or disagree. Everybody marches… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I think that the major message of my life and what I hope to be remembered for is someone who managed to… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married, I never cheated. But I made up… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Power has not corrupted me. I have not become jaded. I wake up every day well aware of my good fortune, loving… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Men's magazines in the period immediately after World War II were almost all outdoor-oriented. They were connected to some extent in the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
One of the things I've tried to do with my life is redefine the boundaries that I think are very limiting. I'm… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Nothing goes on forever. I think that's one of the illusions of life. When I talk about my life being an extension… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
After my stroke I put down much of the luggage of my life. I didn't have to prove anything anymore - in… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Over the course of my life I've had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women, many moved on… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I've always had a tremendously optimistic attitude about life, and the setbacks are never really setbacks for me, because I see it… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
My life has been devoted to trying to bring a little more understanding to human sexuality - not just in society, but… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I had a stroke in 1985... I called it a "stroke of luck." I said, "Life is like a train trip. You're… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Beauty is everywhere - on the campus, in the office, living next door... Nice girls like sex too - it's a natural… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Because of the nature of my life, it's difficult for people to recognize that a person can live a full life, and… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I didn't want to repeat my parents life. I saw in their lives a routine and a lack of dreaming, a lack… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university of Illinois… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I think age, if you are healthy, I think age is largely a number. My mother lived to be 101. So I'm planning on… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I'm bored of the hanky-panky. I'm still active, but it's different, I like to play dominoes with my girlfriends. Having three beautiful women keeps… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
