Hugh Hefner Quotes

I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. That's really what I hope I am remembered for the most.

I'm hoping to make the kind of difference in my lifetime that allows me to be remembered positively.

Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'

I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.

When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.

I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.

The determination I have to try to continue Steve's work and make the world a better place is so important.

I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second.

I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy.

I don't wanna just be remembered for the funniest guy in my neighborhood.

I would like to be remembered as a good father. A good husband. A good brother. A good friend. A good man. But that is simply not going to happen. Like it or not, I have reached the point of infamy when I am going to be remembered simply as 'Ronnie Biggs', whatever or whoever he is in your mind.

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn't change what I decide to do. I don't choose projects so people don't see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me. I think the problem is that people refuse to understand what drag is outside of their own belief system.

I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.

You will be most remembered-by what brought you most joy.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

It's not like I would see anyone and be like, "Oh yes, that person looks like maybe I had an impact on them." I don't think I did. I don't think I ever was that well known, to have an impact. And I haven't seen comics that I go, "Oh, yes! That person is terribly unprepared, with their notebook, and going off on 50 tangents. There you are. That's me."

I think what I've tried to do is make the world a better place. I think that's what's really important. Nobody remembers who sold the most togas in Rome. In terms of legacy, people remember the great villains more than they remember the great heroes. So I think how you feel about yourself is the most significant question. What do you say about yourself when you put your head on the pillow? Are you really proud of what you're doing and the way you're doing it? I think it's really a fundamental question.

I might not be perfect, but I feel perfect. I think that's all that matters.