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title: "4 Cult Quotes By Steve Almond"
description: "4 Cult quotes by Steve Almond. Plus more from Steve Almond and more Cult sayings from other authors."
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> [Even a hundred and fifty years ago, football was popular because it provided a manly spectacle that lots of men needed, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/even-a-hundred-and-fifty-years-ago-football-was-popular-because-it/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

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> [Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/football-is-the-most-successful-cult-in-terms-of-members-and-profits/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

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> [Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/football-is-the-kind-of-game-where-you-have-to-really-segregate-kids/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

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> [If you want to fight a cult, you've got to form a cult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/if-you-want-to-fight-a-cult-you-ve-got-to-form-a-cult/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

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## Other authors on Cult

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/frederick-lenz/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-ross-79080.jpg) Rick Ross 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/rick-ross/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-heinemeier-hansson-27552.jpg) Michael Salter 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/michael-salter/)

## More by Steve Almond

> [At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/at-the-end-of-night-before-you-close-your-eyes-be-content-with-what/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/the-single-biggest-reason-i-got-my-stories-taken-in-various-literary/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/i-do-think-as-crazy-as-it-sounds-that-sports-is-an-addiction-and-that/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“Music has become more pervasive and portable than ever. But it feels less previous in the bargain. I don't want to confuse artistic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/music-has-become-more-pervasive-and-portable-than-ever-but-it-feels/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“This is what songs do, even dumb pop songs: they remind us that emotions are not an inconvenient and vaguely embarrassing aspect of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/this-is-what-songs-do-even-dumb-pop-songs-they-remind-us-that/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself to consume.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/a-lot-of-what-i-m-having-to-do-to-get-myself-weaned-from-football-is/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [People in long-term, monogamous relationships are crushed by the expectation that a partner is going to provide everything they are looking for and wondering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/people-in-long-term-monogamous-relationships-are-crushed-by-the/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [Much as I love stories, I think I'll only be satisfied with myself as a writer if I'm able to produce a novel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/much-as-i-love-stories-i-think-i-ll-only-be-satisfied-with-myself-as/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/but-the-real-life-of-a-writer-resides-in-showing-up-at-the-keyboard/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?’ She said, ‘Well, Dad, they’re round and they’re messy. But that’s what makes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/why-are-people-so-fascinated-by-how-to-eat-valomilks-she-said-well/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“The connection being that in my head all language began in song and that the best stories inevitably reutrn to song, to a state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/the-connection-being-that-in-my-head-all-language-began-in-song-and/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“But I come to stories in the naked hope they will fuck me up .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/but-i-come-to-stories-in-the-naked-hope-they-will-fuck-me-up/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/nothing-on-earth-so-beautiful-as-the-final-haul-on-halloween-night/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“This was one of those mid-thirties moments when you take a look at the stale, half-chewed bagel your life has become and kiss jealousy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/this-was-one-of-those-mid-thirties-moments-when-you-take-a-look-at/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

> [“My own kind. I'm not sure there's a name for us. I suspect we're born this way: our hearts screwed in tight, already a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-almond/my-own-kind-i-m-not-sure-there-s-a-name-for-us-i-suspect-we-re-born/)

[Steve Almond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-almond/)

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