Patti Stanger

For the women in California, they're just downtrodden because they're so gorgeous here. Every hot cheerleader comes to California to make it. The men don't want to get married, they're lazy lions. Matthew McConaughey is their poster boy so they can procreate and live on the beach in the trailer and have kids and have money and be hedonistic.

American Businesswoman

Rosecrans Baldwin

I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to have so many parts of life I really enjoyed. The people there seemed to prize literature and art, food and drinking, a more hedonistic way of living.

American Novelist

Deeyah Khan

A hedonistic lifestyle contrary to all the rules and expectations of Islam is not an unusual precursor to radicalisation: in fact, some young radicals see joining in the jihad as a way of achieving redemption for past sins.

Norwegian Director

Mario Batali

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table.

American Chef

Bill Bailey

In my twenties, I floated around for years, doing the odd theatre job but mainly leading a hedonistic lifestyle, getting intoxicated in plenty of different ways in plenty of different places.

English Comedian

John Cho

It just seemed hedonistic when I first started acting. It was a pleasurable thing. But as I look back on it now, I understand that it was a journey of the self for me.

American Actor

Dan Bilzerian

You just get pickier. I think that's true of everything. Money, toys, girls - all the hedonistic stuff. You just raise the bar.

Michaela Coel

I took what I was given in Christianity and put it into my secular, hedonistic life.

Annabelle Wallis

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

English Actress

Michael Fassbender

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?

German Actor

Use 'hedonistic' in informal conversations about lifestyle or personal choices.

Casual Tone

'Hedonistic' can have positive or negative connotations depending on context.

Not Always Negative

What's considered 'hedonistic' can vary greatly between different cultures.

Subjectivity

'Hedonistic' often implies a judgment of excess or moral disapproval.

Negative Judgment

The term can be used to contrast overly controlled behavior with desire for spontaneity.

Balance in Context

Stress its connection to the senses when discussing physical pleasures like food or comfort.

Emphasis on Sensual

Suitable in discussions involving ethics, philosophy, or the pursuit of happiness.

Ethical Debates

Use this sense of 'hedonistic' when referring to theories or philosophical discussions.

Philosophical Context

Illustrates preference for immediate pleasure over long-term gains in ethical considerations.

Distinguishing Pleasure

 when I call a present hedonistic time zone with no sense of the future and addiction is not it's a number of hours you do something addiction arousal is you want variety one change to be addicted to anything means you would rather be doing that than anything in

The Demise of Guys PIPE...

 and it's a completely different vision than the one that lies at the heart of this economic model. So who are we? Who are these people? Are we these novelty-seeking, hedonistic,