Accurate Quote by Alan Keyes

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

— Mason Cooley

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

— Fred Melamed

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself

— Henry Ward Beecher

“hedonism – striving for maximization of pleasure (positive affect) and minimization of pain (negative affect).”

— Ilona Boniwell

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

— Ayn Rand

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

— Erich Fromm

“The problem is hedonism. The problem is the preening vanity and selfishness of 'coming out,' of parading private inclinations, of a kind that repel…

— John Derbyshire

Selfishness is a quality and not necessarily a bad thing.

— Arjen Robben

Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.

— Jillian Michaels

Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth.

— John Owen

Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and benefit. This…

— Ayn Rand

Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect

— George Sand