Hugh Hefner

Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply defies the reality.

Hugh Hefner

Power has not corrupted me. I have not become jaded. I wake up every day well aware of my good fortune, loving the work I do, loving my life, realizing that life is a crapshoot and I’m on a roll second to none.

Hugh Hefner

Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.

Hugh Hefner

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

Hugh Hefner

Smoking helped put me in touch with the realm of the senses.

Hugh Hefner

Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.

Hugh Hefner

The business end of business has never interested me.

Hugh Hefner

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

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

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

Hugh Hefner