Quotes by Hugh Hefner

About Hugh Hefner:

Hugh Marston Hefner is an American adult magazine publisher, businessman, and a well-known playboy. Hefner is a Chicago, Illinois native and a former journalist for Esquire. Hefner is also a World War II veteran. He is best known for being the founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. A self-made millionaire, he is now worth over $43 million. Hefner is also a political activist and philanthropist active in several causes and public issues.
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Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.

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 beaut...

Hugh Hefner

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

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

Hugh Hefner

The business end of business has never interested me.

Hugh Hefner

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

Hugh Hefner

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.

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 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 becom...

Hugh Hefner

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

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

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.

Hugh Hefner

The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great.

Hugh Hefner

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

Hugh Hefner

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

Hugh Hefner

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

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

Hugh Hefner

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

Hugh Hefner

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameHugh Hefner
  • DescriptionAmerican magazine publisher
  • BornApril 9, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEditor; Journalist; Writer; Publisher
  • WorksPlayboy