Quotes from Hugh Hefner

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

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

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

The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.

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.

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

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.

What made the magazine so popular was, even before I started writing the philosophy, there was a point of view in the magazine.

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.

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

Even when I was young, I said age is largely a state of mind if you're healthy.

The women's movement kind of came out of left field in the 1960s and 1970s when they turned on 'Playboy.'

I was an absent dad. Once the magazine started, I really had two families. The dream was the magazine. I worked through the night all the time.

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