Christie Hefner Quotes

When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

I think people don't like when you're not confident about what you're pitching, and they don't want to invest in you or get behind you.

When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

I have no political ambitions whatsoever. My ambitions are all about what XL can become.

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It gave me the kind of confidence I really needed.

Jack Welch is someone who I have always admired. In India, Narayana Murthy is someone who I have great respect for.

I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

Man, he could sell. As he liked to say, he lived at the intersection of technology and liberal arts. But there was a more personal side of Steve Jobs, of course, and I was fortunate enough to see a bit of it because I spent hours in conversation with him over the 14 years he ran Apple.

What I have against M.B.A.s is the assumption that you come out of a two-year program probably never having been a manager - at least for full-time younger people M.B.A. programs - and assume you are ready to manage.

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

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.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.

I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into a CEO and a creative director and a brand.

There's no reason why I can't be a mogul. When I step into a room and I'm there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he's talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

College gave me validation: I gained a lot of confidence, just from once or twice saying something in class and the professor saying, 'Great idea.' That experience has certainly helped me say to a director, 'Actually, I think my idea is at least worth talking about.'

For me, if I knew that I wanted to be a CEO and I set that final destination right up front, that helped me develop a career track.

Every job in a company is important. Unless you experience a wide range of those jobs, I don't think you are as well prepared to start and run a company as you could be.

I'm really a self-made businesswoman.