Quotes from Christie Hefner


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In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.


I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.


I expected to go into journalism or law.


I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.


I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.


I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.


I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.


I'm basically a gift-giver.


I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.


Half of my employees are women.


Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.


Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.


The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.


Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.


But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.


I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.


It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.


I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.


Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.


Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.