Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher. Profoundly inspirational Hugh Hefner quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
Famous Hugh Hefner Quotes
Someone once asked, What’s your best pickup line? I said, My best pickup line is, Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner. Hugh Hefner
Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream. Hugh Hefner
Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. Hugh Hefner
If a beautiful women expressed interest in me and my company, I don’t really probe their motivations. Call me shallow. Hugh Hefner
I don’t have dinner parties I eat my dinner in bed. Hugh Hefner
It’s perfectly clear to me that religion is a myth. It’s something we have invented to explain the inexplicable. My religion and the spiritual side of my life come from a sense of connection to the humankind and nature on this planet and in the universe. I am in overwhelming awe of it all It is so fantastic, so complex, so beyond comprehension. What does it all mean if it has any meaning at all? But how can it all exist if it doesn’t have some kind of meaning? I think anyone who suggests that they have the answer is motivated by the need to invent answers, because we have no such answers. Hugh Hefner
Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife. Hugh Hefner
In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life. Hugh Hefner
I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave. Hugh Hefner
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex. Hugh Hefner
Publishing a sophisticated men’s magazine seemed to me, the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I’d been nurturing ever since I was a teenager to get laid a lot. Hugh Hefner
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That’s what makes me feel whole. Hugh Hefner
Well, if we hadn’t had the Wright brothers, there would still be airplanes. If there hadn’t been an Edison, there would still be electric lights. And if there hadn’t been a Hefner, we’d still have sex. But maybe we wouldn’t be enjoying it as much. So, the world would be a little poorer. Come to think of it, so would some of my relatives. Hugh Hefner
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you’re the less for it. Hugh Hefner
If a man has a right to find God in his own way, he has a right to go to the Devil in his own way also. Hugh Hefner
Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife. Hugh Hefner
I guess I’m the most successful man I know. I wouldn’t trade places with anybody in the world. Hugh Hefner
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
I am not primarily an entrepreneurial businessman. I’m primarily a playboy philosopher. Hugh Hefner
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
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
If you don’t encourage healthy sexual expression in public, you get unhealthy sexual expression in private. If you attempt to suppress sex in books, magazines, movies and even everyday conversation, you aren’t helping to make sex more private, just more hidden. You’re keeping sex in the dark. What we’ve tried to do is turn on the lights. 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 stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad. Hugh Hefner
If you don’t encourage healthy sexual expression in public, you get unhealthy sexual expression in private. If you attempt to suppress sex in books, magazines, movies and even everyday conversation, you aren’t helping to make sex more private, just more hidden. You’re keeping sex in the dark. What we’ve tried to do is turn on the lights. Hugh Hefner
I think everyone should get married. I just took a little longer than usual. Hugh Hefner
I’m never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me. Hugh Hefner
If I ever try to get married again, shoot me. Hugh Hefner
My best pick up line is My name is Hugh Hefner. Hugh Hefner
I got married before I found myself. People should find themselves before they get married. Hugh Hefner
Sex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not see it as the enemy. Hugh Hefner
There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn’t married. You have to keep your hand in. Hugh Hefner
It’s perfectly clear to me that religion is a myth. It’s something we have invented to explain the inexplicable. My religion and the spiritual side of my life come from a sense of connection to the humankind and nature on this planet and in the universe. I am in overwhelming awe of it all It is so fantastic, so complex, so beyond comprehension. What does it all mean if it has any meaning at all? But how can it all exist if it doesn’t have some kind of meaning? I think anyone who suggests that they have the answer is motivated by the need to invent answers, because we have no such answers. Hugh Hefner
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
Playboy was founded on the notion that nice girls like sex too. Hugh Hefner
I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is that when you get married, the romance disappears and the children arrive and the love is transferred. It shouldn’t be that way, but too often it is transferred to the children. Hugh Hefner
Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two sides of the same coin, since both place women in a nonhuman role. Playboy has opposed these warped sexual values and, in so doing, helped women step down from their pedestals and enjoy their natural sexuality as much as men. Hugh Hefner
Loneliness doesn’t have much to do with where you are. Hugh Hefner
I would like to think that I will be remembered as someone who had some positive impact on the sociosexual values of his time. And I think I’m secure and happy in that. Hugh Hefner
Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms. Hugh Hefner
It’s good to be selfish. But not so self centered that you never listen to other people. Hugh Hefner
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex. Hugh Hefner
I don’t have dinner parties I eat my dinner in bed. Hugh Hefner
Everybody marches to a different drummer. Hugh Hefner
It’s women who have embraced their own sexuality, it’s why women wear makeup, it’s why they wear high heels. It’s what civilization is all about. Hugh Hefner
One of the great ironies in our society is that we celebrate freedom and then limit the parts of life where we should be most free. Hugh Hefner
My life is an open book. With illustrations. Hugh Hefner
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you’re the less for it. Hugh Hefner
I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it in a moral way that makes it better for you and for those around you, and that leaves this world a little better place than when you found it. Hugh Hefner
To begin with, I fought racism, then sexism, now I’m fighting ageism. One defines oneself in one’s own terms. If you let society and your peers define who you are, you’re the less for it. Hugh Hefner
In many ways, Im younger than I was 20 years ago. Hugh Hefner
It’s good to be selfish. But not so self centered that you never listen to other people. Hugh Hefner
Life is bittersweet. Inside our heads, if we’re lucky, we’re the same kids as we were when we were young. Hugh Hefner
Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. 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 one important ingredient. Hugh Hefner
Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young. Hugh Hefner
I tried to make some difference, and I think I managed to do that. Hugh Hefner
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you’re the less for it. Hugh Hefner
I’ve nailed more women than I could count at least I think they were women. Hugh Hefner
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. Hugh Hefner
I dreamed impossible dreams. And the dreams turned out beyond anything I could possibly imagine. You know, from my point of view, I’m the luckiest cat on the planet. Hugh Hefner
I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave. Hugh Hefner
Follow your own particular dreams. We are handed a life by peers, parents and society, you can do that or follow your own dreams. Life is short, be a dreamer but be a practical person. Hugh Hefner
I guess you could say, I’m just a typical Methodist kid at heart. Hugh Hefner
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex. Hugh Hefner
You know, from my point of view, I’m the luckiest cat on the planet. Hugh Hefner
One of the sad things, I think, about the younger generation, quite frankly, is they have less sense of yesterday. And if you don’t know who you were, you don’t really know who you are. Hugh Hefner
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. Hugh Hefner
It has been our experience that women usually prefer thin, undernourished, flatchested females, dressed to the teeth, as a concept of feminine beauty and that men prefer exactly the opposite voluptuous, well rounded and undressed. The women’s idealization of woman is actually a male counterpart, competing with man in society; man’s view of women is far more truly feminine. Hugh Hefner
We indeed did and do own our own minds and bodies, and anything from church or state that limits that is inappropriate and inconsistent with the society that America is supposed to be. Hugh Hefner
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
I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably. 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 stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad. Hugh Hefner
I’m actually a very moral guy. Hugh Hefner
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
Being attacked by right wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did. Hugh Hefner
My mother loaned me $1000. The first issue came out at the end of 1953. I knew I needed something original. I had a photographer shoot a 3D feature for the first issue and learned it would cost too much money. When the 3D thing turned out to be too expensive, at that same moment I came across the photos of Marilyn Monroe. Hugh Hefner
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
Men project their fantasies onto me; they live them through who they think I am. 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 bring sex into the fold of a healthy lifestyle. Hugh Hefner
Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. Hugh Hefner
I guess I’m the most successful man I know. I wouldn’t trade places with anybody in the world. Hugh Hefner
Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young. Hugh Hefner
I separated ways from the American feminist movement when they became anti sexual. I believe embracing sexuality is a part of what it means to be free. Hugh Hefner
I think the Playboy philosophy is very, very connected to the American dream. Hugh Hefner
I don’t have dinner parties I eat my dinner in bed. Hugh Hefner
For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life. Hugh Hefner
