Corporations Quote by Eric Hoffer

Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass…

— Eric Hoffer

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

— Eric Hoffer

Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread…

— Malcolm Gladwell

All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine…

— Eric Hoffer

You have all kinds - you know, you have the rise of extremist groups in the United States. It's just you don't call them…

— Christopher Wylie

The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of…

— Eric Hoffer

“People do not knowingly join “cults” that will ultimately destroy and kill them. People join self-help groups, churches, political movements, college campus dinner socials,…

— Deborah Layton

Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control…

— Philip Zimbardo

I mean, not wanting to be flip about it, but even within a corporation, you get sort of cult-like behaviors sometimes.

— Jane Poynter

Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult…

— Keith Rabois

“A movement is pioneered by men of words, materialized by fanatics and consolidated by men of action.”

— Eric Hoffer

What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.

— Robert Altman