--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Hugh Hefner" description: "10 Way quotes by Hugh Hefner. Plus more from Hugh Hefner and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/hugh-hefner-2102_inspirational_in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-ye_1185356.png" --- > [In many ways, Im younger than I was 20 years ago,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-years-ago/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/hugh-hefner-2102_inspirational_in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-ye_1185356.png) > [Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illustrated-exploits-sports/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/hugh-hefner-2102_playboy_playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illu_1349447.png) > [Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/part-of-the-sexual-revolution-is-bringing-rationality-to-sexuality/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/hugh-hefner-2102_embrace_part-of-the-sexual-revolution-is-bringin_115671.jpg) > [Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/creating-my-own-world-in-a-comic-or-selling-my-first-penny-newspaper/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/hugh-hefner-2102_acceptance_creating-my-own-world-in-a-comic-or-sell_3023764.png) > [Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/publishing-a-sophisticated-men-s-magazine-seemed-to-me-the-best/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/hugh-hefner-2102_dream_publishing-a-sophisticated-men-s-magazin_361046.png) > [People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/people-get-their-information-in-different-ways-now-and-we-are-a/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/hugh-hefner-2102_data_people-get-their-information-in-differen_1049579.png) > [I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-think-getting-married-was-a-mistake-along-the-way-but-at-the-same/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/hugh-hefner-2102_children_i-think-getting-married-was-a-mistake-al_2717170.png) > [I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-have-been-married-twice-and-those-were-not-the-happiest-times-of-my/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/hugh-hefner-2102_children_i-have-been-married-twice-and-those-were_3191653.png) > [I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-urge-one-and-all-to-live-this-life-as-if-there-is-no-reward-in-the/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/hugh-hefner-2102_afterlife_i-urge-one-and-all-to-live-this-life-as_337460.png) > [I was raised in a typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist home and there was a lot of hurt and hypocrisy in those times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-was-raised-in-a-typical-puritan-midwestern-methodist-home-and-there/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/hugh-hefner-2102_change-things_i-was-raised-in-a-typical-puritan-midwes_1586618.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Hugh Hefner > [My life is an open book. With illustrations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/my-life-is-an-open-book-with-illustrations/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-difference-between-marilyn-monroe-and-the-early-pamela-anderson/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [If I ever try to get married again, shoot me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/if-i-ever-try-to-get-married-again-shoot-me/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-people-who-had-the-most-impact-on-me-when-i-was-young-were-freud/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/part-of-the-sexual-revolution-is-bringing-rationality-to-sexuality/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university of Illinois…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/after-world-war-all-we-got-was-a-lot-of-conformity-and-conservatism/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-was-writing-and-cartooning-and-writing-short-stories-from-grade/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/at-a-very-early-age-i-started-a-cartoon-scrapbook-actually-when-i-was/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-think-age-if-you-are-healthy-i-think-age-is-largely-a-number-my/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-whole-1950s-notion-was-find-the-right-girl-get-married-move-to/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/you-stay-in-touch-with-the-boy-who-dreamed-impossible-dreams/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-m-bored-of-the-hanky-panky-i-m-still-active-but-it-s-different-i/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-notion-that-playboy-exploited-women-because-we-showed-them-in/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/living-in-the-moment-thinking-about-the-future-and-staying-connected/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) > [I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-was-very-influenced-by-the-musicals-and-romantic-comedies-of-the/) [Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/hugh-hefner/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Hugh Hefner", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In many ways, Im younger than I was 20 years ago,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugh Hefner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-years-ago/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/hugh-hefner-2102_inspirational_in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-ye_1185356.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/hugh-hefner-2102_inspirational_in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-ye_1185356.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/hugh-hefner-2102_inspirational_in-many-ways-im-younger-than-i-was-20-ye_1185356.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In many ways, Im younger than I was 20 years ago,” — Hugh Hefner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugh Hefner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illustrated-exploits-sports/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/hugh-hefner-2102_playboy_playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illu_1349447.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/hugh-hefner-2102_playboy_playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illu_1349447.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/hugh-hefner-2102_playboy_playboy-exploits-sex-the-way-sports-illu_1349447.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.” — Hugh Hefner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - 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