My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.

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.

Grace is God-given power to live differently.

You aren't learning anything when you're talking.

But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].

Yes, it is the precepts of men versus the revealed word of God. The more we follow the word of God the less we are deceived, while those who follow the wisdom of men are deceived the most.

For as long as they praise you, never forget that it is not yet your own path that you walk, but another person's.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

I've got a lot of folks who want to get rid of TSA, a bunch of them.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

I was really naïve. I had no idea artists made money.