Christie Hefner Quotes
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You can't delegate turning a company around.
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In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?
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My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.
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It's mutual respect and love that are important, not a wedding.
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I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.
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Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.
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I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.
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I prefer tailored clothes. I always have. But I find that whatever I wear, people see it as charged with symbolic meaning.
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I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.
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It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.
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I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
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I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.
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In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.
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I live the life I want to lead.
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It's difficult sometimes to, in effect, let go of how you're used to doing things and give the brand room to be reinvented.
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Hef is a man of the big picture. He is a creative force.
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What you don't do is as important as what you do.
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It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.
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I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.
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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.
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It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.
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My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.
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I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.
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I'm basically a gift-giver.