Hugh Hefner Quotes

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.
Hugh Hefner

Life, Living, Short

The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
Hugh Hefner

Religion, Sex, Force

I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever.
Hugh Hefner

Life, Dreams, Nature

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.
Hugh Hefner

Society, Less, Define

Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.
Hugh Hefner

Women, Beautiful, Young

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.
Hugh Hefner

Through, Living, Guy

Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there.
Hugh Hefner

Around, Started, Religious

I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde.
Hugh Hefner

Dating, Marriage, End

I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.
Hugh Hefner

Bed, Eat, Dinner

I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably.
Hugh Hefner

Dressed, Pajamas, Pairs

In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.
Hugh Hefner

Life, Dreams, Sweeter

My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.
Hugh Hefner

Good, Home, Moral

People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information affects what you learn.
Hugh Hefner

Different, Learn, Ways

Could I be in a better place and happier than I am today? I don't think so.
Hugh Hefner

Today, Place, Happier

I am in very good health. I've never felt better.
Hugh Hefner

Good, Health, Felt

I have no plans to retire. It's the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me.
Hugh Hefner

Work, End, Perfect

I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend.
Hugh Hefner

Strong, Friend, Old

I remain very much connected to my childhood... I have never been too jaded or too sophisticated.
Hugh Hefner

Childhood, Remain, Connected

I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.
Hugh Hefner

Time, Children, Same

I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.
Hugh Hefner

Step, Grave, Retirement

I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes.
Hugh Hefner

Marriage, Romantic, End

My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.
Hugh Hefner

Parents, Wonderful, Grateful

Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now.
Hugh Hefner

Pink, Period, Blonde

The business end of business has never interested me.
Hugh Hefner

Business, End, Interested

The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.
Hugh Hefner

Change, Beauty, Great

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Nationality: American

Type: Publisher

Born: April 9, 1926

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