When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn’t agree with – the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
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. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
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. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
In my own words, I played some significant part in changing the social-sexual values of our time. I had a lot of fun in the process. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
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. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
Even when I was young, I said age is largely a state of mind if you’re healthy. Hugh Hefner Read Quote
