Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefneris an American adult magazine publisher, businessman, and a well-known playboy. Hefner is a native of Chicago, Illinois 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 multi-millionaire, he is now worth over $43 million, because of his success for creating the Playboy magazine. Hefner is also a political activist and philanthropist active in several causes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth9 April 1926
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
What surprises me about getting older is that I remain so young.
It has been our experience that women usually prefer thin, undernourished, flatchested females, dressed to the teeth, as a concept of "feminine beauty" -- and that men prefer exactly the opposite: voluptuous, well-rounded and undressed. The women's idealization of woman is actually a male counterpart, competing with man in society; man's view of women is far more truly feminine.
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.
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.
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.
People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information affects what you learn.
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.
I always think, quite frankly that pop culture is a lot more important than a lot of people realize.
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.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
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.
There are many roads to Mecca.
Could I be in a better place and happier than I am today? I don't think so.