209 Quotes by Hugh Hefner

I think that the major message of my life and what I hope to be remembered for is someone who managed to change the social sexual values of his time absolutely.

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

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.

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

I always think, quite frankly that pop culture is a lot more important than a lot of people realize.

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

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.

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

Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the twisted kinds, and the kinds that destroy lives.