Christie Hefner

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

“If I wear a suit, as I generally do in the business world, it's supposed to mean I'm retreating from competition with the bunnies. If I wear a very glamorous romantic dress, as I'm very likely to do if I'm going out in the evening, then I'm supposed to be competing with the bunnies.”

“I would like to see both parties aggressively compete for the women's vote and talk about what they will do to unleash the economic power of women, to protect women's health, to provide the right policies that provide for real family stability and real family values.”

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

“I think this country is growing up a little bit.”

“Try not to be either intimidated by or a captive of jargon. Even though it's language, and language is about communication, it often exists actually to obfuscate and to control power and not to communicate.”

“You can learn more about leadership by reading about Lincoln than you can from most business books.”

“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'd actually call myself pretty much a liberal. A progressive liberal. Because I do think that government is there to be a provider of services for people who cannot provide for themselves.”

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

“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.”

“Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.”

“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.”

“I don't think 'Playboy' would have been successfully started on either coast.”

“I'm private because I want to be private.”

“I'm basically a gift-giver.”

“My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.”

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

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

“Nightclubs are a small-revenue business that go through pretty fast popularity cycles.”