Quotes By Christie Hefner

No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.

Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it.

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

I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.

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.

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

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

We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.

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

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

I'm basically a gift-giver.

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

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

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.

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.

My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.

I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

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

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

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

From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.

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.

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

I expected to go into journalism or law.

I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.

I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.