My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.

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

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

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

My best pick-up line is "My name is Hugh Hefner."

I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me.

Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.

I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.

I would like to think that I will be remembered as someone who had some positive impact on the sociosexual values of his time. And I think I'm secure and happy in that.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.

Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely non-resistant person.

Then I found it: the source of the blood, the place where he'd been shot. 'Total?' I said, and I got a slight whimper. 'You have a boo-boo on your tail.

Opportunities will often come at the unlikeliest of times. Sometimes they're because of instant connections.

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

As you solve one set of problems, new ones appear. That is part of the nature of life.

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

When you put Listerine in your mouth, it hurts. Germs do not go quietly.

We deserve to be forgotten because we forget Him. But because Jesus died on the cross, we will never, ever be forgotten by God.