Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“But the existence of a cult does not mean that images appropriate to it automatically follow.” — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
I was sure 'Summer Heights High' would be a cult ABC thing; I had no idea it would be such a big… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
I think the Republican Party has become something of a personality cult. — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
he cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
'Psych' is a cult show, and anytime a show takes on a cult status, it means that the fans are a huge… — James Roday Copy Share Image
Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
“For at least a century, the music has been captive to a cult of mediocre elitism that tries to manufacture self-esteem by… — Alex Ross Copy Share Image
I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows. — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's tough to make a sequel that stands up to the original especially one that has, over the course of time, become… — Ruben Fleischer Copy Share Image
I think generally the heads of terrorist groups are very, very smart people. They're also great manipulators. I would presume that cult… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
The only Sundance [2011] film about cults that could actually have life as a cult film, THE WOODS has the greatest comic… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
I think fashion, mishandled, can be quite toxic. It becomes about image and the cult of celebrity. I think when an artist… — Amanda Harlech Copy Share Image
“The salpinx is not simply an instrument of summoning. It is also an instrument of binding. Since you followed its sorrowful tones… — Frank Lambert Copy Share Image
“No one can claim their particular vision of the divine as correct, if there are thousands of other 'visions' with which to… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
There is snobbery in the idea that the modern cult of celebrity has not touched the lofty realm of letters. We are… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
Fascism is the cult of organised murder , invented by the arch-enemies of society . It tends to destroy civilization and revert… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
As for my own views, they've of course evolved over the years. This conception of 'renouncing beliefs' is very odd, as if… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A central feature of the ceremonial associated with Mithras was the taurobolium, the ritual slaughter of a bull which commemorated and repeated… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom… — Phillip Mann Copy Share Image
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
Apart from it, the incarnation and the ministry would lose all their significance, the crucifixion would be but a martyrdom, and the… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
The idea that the snapshot would be thought of as a cult or movement is very tiresome to me and, I'm sure,… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
“Because many people are confused by Kundalini’s real nature, we must do more to define it accurately, starting with what it is… — JJ Semple Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has truly practiced a religion knows very well that it is [the set of regularly repeated actions that make up… — Émile Durkheim Copy Share Image
The young cult of sociology, needing a language, invented one. There are many dead languages, but the sociologists' is the only language… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I'm ripe for the picking for the Scientologists - one of those creeps. Someone's got to find me. Some little weird cult… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by… — Constantine Karamanlis Copy Share Image
I have my small little cult following, I play random shows from house parties to opening up for rock bands. — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
“No one could leave the group by his or her own volition and put the group at risk of having its secrets… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
There are a few people who are, let's say, personality-challenged, who would like to set up a cult, but in large part… — Liz Williams Copy Share Image
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