I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Sex, and the attraction between the sexes, does make the world go 'round. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and… — 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
Without question, love in its various permutations is what we need more of in this world. The idea that the concept of… — 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
With the end of communism and the opening of Third World markets, the potential for Playboy is huge. It has been said… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I looked back on the roaring Twenties - with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby,' and the pre-Code films - as a party I… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex objects, there wouldn't… — 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
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
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
