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title: "50 Hedonistic Quotes by 48 authors"
description: "Browse 50 Hedonistic quotes by 48 authors. Discover the best Hedonistic sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Haven’t you heard of privacy, or were you raised by a tribe of hedonistic Vikings?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-kelly/haven-t-you-heard-of-privacy-or-were-you-raised-by-a-tribe-of/)

[Wade Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-kelly/)

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> [I took what I was given in Christianity and put it into my secular, hedonistic life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaela-coel/i-took-what-i-was-given-in-christianity-and-put-it-into-my-secular/)

[Michaela Coel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaela-coel/)

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> [I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-anderton/i-had-a-lot-of-friends-that-were-extremely-hedonistic-extremely/)

[Sophie Anderton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-anderton/)

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> [You'll live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/you-ll-live-to-be-a-hundred-if-you-give-up-all-the-things-that-make/)

[Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/)

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> [The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rufus-wainwright/the-more-hedonistic-you-were-the-better-i-very-much-subscribed-to/)

[Rufus Wainwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rufus-wainwright/)

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> [The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-melamed/the-word-hedonistic-to-me-means-pleasure-above-all-else-my-pleasure/)

[Fred Melamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-melamed/)

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> [I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-am-indeed-a-hedonistic-utilitarian-i-have-defended-hedonistic/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annabelle-wallis/i-m-interested-in-patti-smith-and-women-who-were-iconic-in-a-very/)

[Annabelle Wallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annabelle-wallis/)

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> [If we include hedonistic philosophy in hospitals, the lives of patients suffering from cancer would be much, much better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-onfray/if-we-include-hedonistic-philosophy-in-hospitals-the-lives-of/)

[Michel Onfray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-onfray/)

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> [I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-barak/i-m-no-wealthier-than-bibi-netanyahu-or-arik-sharon-i-don-t-feel-that/)

[Ehud Barak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-barak/)

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> [I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-batali/i-obsess-everyday-about-everything-not-only-about-what-we-do-well-but/)

[Mario Batali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-batali/)

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> [Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/personally-i-am-a-hedonistic-reader-i-have-never-read-a-book-merely/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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> [ There \[in Allied\] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-in-allied-was-depicting-london-in-the-war-as-well-and-doing/)

[Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/)

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> [I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-offerman/i-have-a-wonderfully-hedonistic-appetite-and-if-i-wasn-t-really/)

[Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-offerman/)

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> [In my twenties, I floated around for years, doing the odd theatre job but mainly leading a hedonistic lifestyle, getting intoxicated in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bailey/in-my-twenties-i-floated-around-for-years-doing-the-odd-theatre-job/)

[Bill Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bailey/)

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> [I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-feel-like-there-is-always-something-trying-to-pull-us-back-into/)

[Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martina-navratilova/being-blunt-with-your-feelings-is-very-american-in-this-big-country-i/)

[Martina Navratilova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martina-navratilova/)

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> [Bentham spent much of his life writing constitutions and proposing legal reform in the light of his utilitarianism. The evaluation of particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-jamieson/bentham-spent-much-of-his-life-writing-constitutions-and-proposing/)

[Dale Jamieson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-jamieson/)

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> [Ian’s the black sheep.” “I thought I was the black sheep,” said Seth, sounding almost hurt. “No. You’re the unfocused artistic one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/ian-s-the-black-sheep-i-thought-i-was-the-black-sheep-said-seth/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

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> [I can tell you I also smoked cigars 10 years before, and the watch, which is a Patek Philippe - it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-barak/i-can-tell-you-i-also-smoked-cigars-10-years-before-and-the-watch/)

[Ehud Barak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-barak/)

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> [What interests me is the following paradox: of how, precisely in our liberal societies, where no one can even imagine a transcendental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/what-interests-me-is-the-following-paradox-of-how-precisely-in-our/)

[Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-i-was-first-introduced-to-buddhism-in-a-high-school-world/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Stonehenge had an aura but it was also just stone. Then in the sixties, it became a great hedonistic, hippie, druid, rock-n-roll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandra-mir/stonehenge-had-an-aura-but-it-was-also-just-stone-then-in-the-sixties/)

[Aleksandra Mir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandra-mir/)

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> [It's easier to be hedonistic and just chase after whatever appeals to your senses. That's the life of an animal, you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/it-s-easier-to-be-hedonistic-and-just-chase-after-whatever-appeals-to/)

[LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/)

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> [Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/life-does-not-require-us-to-be-consistent-cruel-patient-helpful-angry/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kluwe/i-can-assure-you-that-gay-people-getting-married-will-have-zero/)

[Chris Kluwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kluwe/)

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> [The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/the-prayer-of-examine-produces-within-us-the-priceless-grace-of-self/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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> [All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/all-progressive-thought-has-assumed-tacitly-that-human-beings-desire/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-fassbender/it-s-more-interesting-isn-t-it-if-i-ve-got-a-hedonistic-dark-side/)

[Michael Fassbender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-fassbender/)

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> [ “\[Italy is\] A country where pleasure principle dominates.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sari-gilbert/italy-is-a-country-where-pleasure-principle-dominates/)

[Sari Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sari-gilbert/)

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> [The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/the-vast-pacific-ocean-would-always-remain-the-islanders-great-solace/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

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> [The thing I don't like about L.A. is that it's very industry-focused. That's not bad for kids. It's not hedonistic or anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-jemison/the-thing-i-don-t-like-about-l-a-is-that-it-s-very-industry-focused/)

[Eddie Jemison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-jemison/)

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> [Why not coincidentally? From religion comes hope for the future and a sense of societal obligation (i.e., a non-hedonistic worldview). No faith,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-feder/why-not-coincidentally-from-religion-comes-hope-for-the-future-and-a/)

[Don Feder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-feder/)

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> [Don't forget that at the end of the 70s people were much more into wild experimentation and hedonistic adventures. There was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-de-clercq/don-t-forget-that-at-the-end-of-the-70s-people-were-much-more-into/)

[Eddy de Clercq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-de-clercq/)

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> [The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/the-finest-glasses-for-both-technical-and-hedonistic-purposes-are/)

[Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/)

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> [There was that 'anything is achievable' attitude in the Eighties. Everything was very positive and gung-ho. Well, 'hedonistic' is the word they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/there-was-that-anything-is-achievable-attitude-in-the-eighties/)

[Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/)

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> [You just get pickier. I think that's true of everything. Money, toys, girls - all the hedonistic stuff. You just raise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bilzerian/you-just-get-pickier-i-think-that-s-true-of-everything-money-toys/)

[Dan Bilzerian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-bilzerian/)

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> [In our hedonistic age, the Slow movement has a marketing ace up its sleeve: it peddles pleasure. The central tenet of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/in-our-hedonistic-age-the-slow-movement-has-a-marketing-ace-up-its/)

[Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/)

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> [This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-wynn/this-generation-they-have-a-different-attitude-instead-of-sitting-and/)

[Steve Wynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-wynn/)

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> [It just seemed hedonistic when I first started acting. It was a pleasurable thing. But as I look back on it now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cho/it-just-seemed-hedonistic-when-i-first-started-acting-it-was-a/)

[John Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cho/)

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                        "text": "I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won't even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population ... you know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails.",
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                        "text": "The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this truly is. Unfortunately, contemporary men and women simply do not value self-knowledge in the same way that all preceding generations have. For us technocratic knowledge reigns supreme. Even when we pursue self-knowledge, we all too often reduce it to a hedonistic search for personal peace and prosperity. How poor we are! Even the pagan philosophers were wiser than this generation. They knew that an unexamined life was not worth living.",
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                        "text": "All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind he feels it with exceptional strength, knows that human beings don't only want comfort, safety, short working-hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; they also, at least intermittently, want struggle and self-sacrifice, not to mention drums, flags and loyalty-parades. However they may be as economic theories, Fascism and Nazism are psychologically far sounder than any hedonistic conception of life.",
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                        "text": "It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?",
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                        "text": "The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic and aloof, guarded, gentle and mysterious.",
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                        "text": "Why not coincidentally? From religion comes hope for the future and a sense of societal obligation (i.e., a non-hedonistic worldview). No faith, no hope. No hope for the future, no sense of obligation - hence, no children.",
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