[observation, 2017] My magazine wasn't just about naked women. It was about breaking down barriers, starting a cultural conversation about sexuality, and standing up for social justice.

[on being dumped by his 25 year old bride-to-be]: This was going to be my wedding day, but life is full of surprises. After all is said and done, staying single is probably for the best.

[on feminists] They were wrong! The part of the women's movement that was anti-sexual was ill-conceived. The notion that women, in escaping from the bondage of over 2,000 years, should view Playboy - which helped set them free - as the enemy is an indication of real confusion. Historically it's understandable: we are a puritan people in America and women's suffrage was directly connected to the prohibitionists.

The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it's sex.

[talking about the risk of putting a nude woman in a magazine] It was risky enough that I didn't put my name on the first issue.

Playboy was founded on the notion that nice girls like sex, too.

[asked if blondes have more fun] They do with me.

Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.

[on publishing Playboy magazine] If there was going to be a sexual revolution, I would be its pamphleteer.