Books Quote by Hugh Hefner

Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now by (some men's magazines). My whole notion was the romantic…

— Hugh Hefner

I’ve never thought of Playboy, quite frankly, as a sex magazine. I always thought of it as a lifestyle magazine in which sex was…

— Hugh Hefner

When I was a teenager, 'Playboy' was the most interesting magazine in the world, and not just for the playmates. I liked the interviews…

— Chester Brown

The power of Playboy is its appeal around the world.

— Christie Hefner

Part of the concept behind the magazine was breaking barriers. And it wasn't just a sexual thing. It was racial and doing the things…

— Hugh Hefner

I think that from the very beginning it wasn't simply, what made Playboy so popular was not simply the naked ladies, what made the…

— Hugh Hefner

The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex objects, there wouldn't be another…

— Hugh Hefner

FHM magazine is one of the cheesiest magazines in America. I'm not talking about Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan... FHM is the lowest. FHM? Come on!

— Maryse Mizanin

Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not…

— Dannii Minogue

Playboy's all about why it's worth working so hard.

— Christie Hefner

Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply defies the…

— Hugh Hefner

'Playboy' was not a sex magazine as far as I was concerned. Sex was simply part of the total package; I was trying to…

— Hugh Hefner