209 Quotes by Hugh Hefner

The Puritans thought they could simply repress man’s sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality – which became America’s – was nothing more than a set of rules laid down by people who believed that all pleasure was suspect.

As Ray Bradbury – a longtime contributor to Playboy – said a long time ago, a lot of people, when they’re talking about the contents of the magazine, they don’t see the forest. People don’t see the other part of my life because they’re too fascinated with the girls.

Retirement is unthinkable to me. The future is bright and very exciting and I’m looking forward to playing a part in it.

You really don’t create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people.

I’ve had death threats, but I’ve never been fearful for my life. Although I have traveled with security since the ’60s.

I think age, if you are healthy, I think age is largely a number. My mother lived to be 101. So I’m planning on another quarter century.

If a beautiful women expressed interest in me and my company, I don’t really probe their motivations. Call me shallow.

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.

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.