My mother . . . sank as a hedonist into novels. She read Dickens in the spirit in which she would have eloped with him. From LearnThat.org. [Eudora Welty (1909 - 2001). American fiction writer.]
The body of a hedonist is the coffin of a dead soul and there's no soul more dead than one which died young. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Longworth, a self-proclaimed "hedonist," used to say. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
He is perhaps the only perfectly frank and unmitigated "hedonist" which European literature at this hour offers. From Wordnik.com. [Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations] Reference
He was asked if Mary Cheney is a selfish hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2004] Reference
KING: Alan Keyes (ph) said you were a selfish hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2006] Reference
Even as a boy Keith was a self-centered little hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [A Baby For Emily]
There is no one more moralistic, more coercive, than a hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [Over the moon: Adam Phillips on the happiness myth] Reference
He denies that, but has repeatedly called her "a selfish hedonist.". From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Drexler: When Gay Comes Home] Reference
Hitchens was too much of a hedonist to be a truly convincing hard man. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hitchens' "Hitch 22": Left? Right? Center?] Reference
On the whole, if a hedonist, this type of man, a hedonist that = a stoic. From Wordnik.com. [Cyropaedia] Reference
There was the line about being a hedonist in Paris, but even that was opaque. From Wordnik.com. [GQ 's Art Cooper: Editor Was a Man For All Seasons] Reference
It is as if the hedonist life style takes hold because it is good for business. From Wordnik.com. [Survival Preparation for Mr. and Mrs. Smith] Reference
The moralist fears his own pleasure just as the hedonist fears his own conscience. From Wordnik.com. [spectre12 Diary Entry] Reference
But I bet that if you LOOK like you like steak you look like a hog, not a hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [Jane McGivney: Top Chef: Blah Zone] Reference
Is Geert Wilders just a fun loving, anti-religion hedonist or ... kind of a racist?. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne Marshall: No Burqas In The Anne Frank Museum, Young Lady] Reference
He's a conservative square, she's a happy hedonist dancing on the lip of the volcano. From Wordnik.com. [Angie, Baby!] Reference
In actual conduct, the hedonist of the better type differed little from the Stoic himself. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
Such is the pathetic story of gluttonous world indifference set aside for hedonist desires. From Wordnik.com. [The Right's Reckless Stance on Global Warming] Reference
"And my daughter, who is 23, is the prototype of a generation even more hedonist than mine.". From Wordnik.com. [Global Grunge: It's Not Just Ugle Americans] Reference
The sister finds her way out of this dysfunction by becoming a hedonist -- as Eric sees her. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: The Tangled Roots of the Terror Psychology: J. Robert Lennon's Novel "Castle"] Reference
Justice Thomas did not change sides, further cementing his reputation as the Court's true hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Kaus: Waiting for Lochner] Reference
He always called me a 'procrastinating hedonist', when I was younger ... sounds good to me (laughing). From Wordnik.com. [Ashlee Harrison: STARS of DESIGN: LA vs. NYC] Reference
Darian laughed; Kelvren was as much a hedonist at heart as any other gryphon, and as frankly uninhibited. From Wordnik.com. [Owlsight]
The restraints of Christians saddened him simply because he was more hedonist than a healthy man should be. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy] Reference
Quite the contrary — you're a hedonist following your boundless yearnings, literally from here to Timbuktu. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal Discord] Reference
His central point-that Matisse is more than modern art's most likable hedonist-is hardly fuel for controversy. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Beautiful Show In The World] Reference
Call me a hedonist, but we certainly know in the weight loss business, that deprivation is just like, so, over. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Fish: Eat Drink and Be Merry! How to Keep from Gaining TOO MUCH Weight Over the Holidays] Reference
The approachable wine list classifies bottles in categories such as "hedonist reds" or "sensualist and evocative.". From Wordnik.com. [The Toast of Shanghai] Reference
The composer, Arthur Sullivan (Alan Corduner), is a hedonist and bon vivant who aspires to write more serious music. From Wordnik.com. [Crazy For 'Topsy-Turvy'] Reference
But if anyone needed further convincing that I am a true dyed-in-the-wool hedonist, this is it, baby. previous next. From Wordnik.com. [kinaesthesia Diary Entry] Reference
He once described himself in an interview with Sidney Zion of The New York Times as a hedonist with no time for pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench] Reference
(Refrain) "A cook and a critic, a matriarch, a hedonist - food is your medium and the message is a philosophy of life ...". From Wordnik.com. [Liz Neumark: From Grassroots to Mountaintops] Reference
Learning about the food we eat and where it comes from seems like it would be natural, hedonist, and almost necessary education. From Wordnik.com. [Lindsay Mannering: Food For Thought: Get To Know Your Meals] Reference
Utilitarianism thus found it easier to make the social transition that had been difficult in purely individualistic hedonist terms. From Wordnik.com. [RIGHT AND GOOD] Reference
You have a certain appreciation for the finer things in life, which is a diplomatic way of saying that you are a disgusting hedonist. From Wordnik.com. [fire-door Diary Entry] Reference
MCCARTHY: I was such a hedonist in college, always on the golf course and never really studied very much and kind of frittered it all away. From Wordnik.com. [All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence] Reference
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