Hugh Hefner Quotes

American - Publisher April 9, 1926 - September 27, 2017

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

Good, People, You, Selfish, Never, Other

Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.

Myself, Women, Beautiful, Age, Me, Young

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

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

Life, Life Is Too Short, Dream, Short

Sex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not see it as the enemy.

Sex, Driving, Enemy, See, Force, Embrace

To pursue your dreams, to have them come true, to have made a difference, to have changed society, to have fought against powerful forces... that's a life well-spent.

Life, Dreams, Your Dreams, Society, True

Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.'

Best, Name, Someone, Said, Your, Line

'Playboy' was not a sex magazine as far as I was concerned. Sex was simply part of the total package; I was trying to bring sex into the fold of a healthy lifestyle.

Sex, Trying, Lifestyle, Playboy, Healthy

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

Blue, I Am, Pink, Blonde, Right, Now

Men's magazines in the period immediately after World War II were almost all outdoor-oriented. They were connected to some extent in the male bonding that came out of a war... And what I tried to create was a magazine for the indoor guy, but focused specifically on the single life: in other words, the period of bachelorhood before you settle down.

Life, War, Men, Words, You, World

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

You, Society, Your, Who, Define, Peers

You know, from my point of view, I'm the luckiest cat on the planet.

You, View, Chance, Know, Point Of View

Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms.

Racism, Sexism, Other, Variation, Ageism

If I ever try to get married again, shoot me.

Me, Try, Get, Shoot, Married, Again

It's hard to really compare new love and old love.

Love, New, Hard, Compare, Old, New Love

The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure.

Life, Man, New, Single, Bachelor, Idea

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

Dinner, Eat, Bed, Dinner Parties

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

People, Interesting, Own, Living, Out

I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.

Great, Party, Back, Jazz, Miss, Roaring

The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad.

Sad, Girl, Home, She, Find, Right

I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world.

Man, World, Know, Successful Man, Places

With the rabbit as our emblem, when we got to the point in 1960 of opening the first Playboy Club... one of our executives suggested the possibility of a bunny costume. We tried it out, and I made some modifications - added the cuffs and the bow tie and collar - and the bunny was born.

Born, Opening, Playboy, Bunny, Tie, Some

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

Moment, Future, Me, Thinking, Past, Feel

Sex, and the attraction between the sexes, does make the world go 'round.

Sex, World, Go, Attraction, Round, Make

The women's movement, from my point of view, was part of the larger sexual revolution that 'Playboy' had played such a large part in. The reality is that the major beneficiaries of the sexual revolution are women.

Women, Reality, View, Revolution, Part

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

Life, Dreams, Sweeter, Could, Wildest

It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna or whore. And I think that it is the sexual revolution that plays one part in female emancipation.

Women, Think, Revolution, Been, Part

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