What is a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority. Robert Altman
A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe
What defines a cult…is its implicit emphasis on magic rather than theology, on the personal tie to a guru or to the group, rather than to an institution or a creed. Daniel Bell
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place. Angela Carter
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. Rita Rudner
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. Jean Jacques Rousseau
The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own. Frank Zappa
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. Daniel Bell