You really don't create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people.

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.

Let go of the pain.

At times, maintaining a positive attitude and outlook takes great risk, courage, toughness, and flexibility. It is not easy to stay positive in a cynical and negative world.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

What does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.

[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie.