“I was raised in a typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist home and there was a lot of hurt and hypocrisy in those times. And I think that whatever part Playboy played and that I managed to play in terms of the sexual revolution came out of what I saw in the negative part of that life and tried to change things in some positive way so that people could choose alternate personal ways of living their lives.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayHomeTermHurtSawsRevolutionNegativeRaisedHypocrisyTypicalPuritanPlayboyMethodistsSexual Revolution Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenMistakeWonderfulMarriedGetting MarriedWonderful Children Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” PeopleWayLittlesDifferentInformationDifferent Ways Author:Hugh Hefner
“Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers.” WorldWayFirstsMy OwnAcceptanceCreatingNewspapersNineSellingRecognitionComicPeersPenniesMy Own World Author:Hugh Hefner
“I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is that when you get married, the romance disappears and the children arrive and the love is transferred. It shouldn't be that way, but too often it is transferred to the children.” WayChildrenHas BeensProblemRomanceLove IsMarriedDisappearTime Of My Life Author:Hugh Hefner
“Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I was a teenager: to get laid a lot.” MenWayDreamSexMagazinesTeenagerPublishingSophisticatedFulfillingNurturingGetting LaidMagazine Publishing Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” WayKindRevolutionNormalEmbraceSexualityRationalityTwistedSexual Revolution Author:Hugh Hefner
“Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.” WaySexSportsExploitsPlayboySports Illustrated Author:Hugh Hefner
“I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it in a moral way that makes it better for you and for those around you, and that leaves this world a little better place than when you found it.” IfsWorldWayLifeLittlesFoundMoralThis WorldRewardsThis LifeUrgesAfterlifeBetter Place Author:Hugh Hefner
