Life is short and love conquers all. Or at least that’s the way it should be.
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Hef's Little Black Book
"[A] breezy, charming chronicle." —Time Out New YorkThe legendary founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner invites you into his world with Hef's Little Black Book, an illustrated treasury of advice and maxims. The
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Women want the same things men want. They want to be loved and taken care of—emotionally and in other ways. They want a relationship that permits them to grow.
If you put off making the commitment, you are more likely to stay committed longer.
Working hard and playing hard has always been what my life has been about.
The best poses are the ones that don’t look too stiff, but should be able to make you stiff.
When you are very young, both society and family define you. There should be a time when you begin to define yourself for yourself.
I did not want to simply become what someone else expected me to be. I wanted to march to a different drummer.
The most logical motivation for getting married is because you want to have children.
What we call maturity, in many cases, is just compromise.
The best relationships are those where both people are really trying to make it work.
If you don’t see the humor in sex, you don’t see the humanity in it. They go hand in hand.
One could argue that there is no such thing as premature ejaculation. When you want to ejaculate, you ejaculate. It may be premature for her, but not for you.
I’ve always thought about my life like a movie. You need the drama. If you think of your life that way, you get through the tough times.
The key to a party is the right kind of environment, good food and drink, plenty of toilet facilities, and first and foremost, the crowd.
Broken hearts are like broken legs. They needn’t be fatal. Only a foolish person doesn’t leave the heart open for the joy and pain of love again.
The notion that men don’t or shouldn’t cry is naive. Men can and should.
What you get with blondes is something more dangerous and forbidden. There is a fascinating, universal attraction to them, representing sexuality and danger.
The truth is, if you haven’t changed who you are by the time you are in your twenties, you aren’t going to be doing much changing thereafter.
Don’t just think about what you’re feeling; think about what responses you’re getting and are likely to elicit from what you say and do. The key to it all is not simply following your heart, but paying attention and listening.
I have gone out of my way to minimize the downsides of jealousy through being open and honest in my relationships. Jealousies come out of the hypocrisy and lies of deception.