Quotes About Spectacle

I know that what I am asking is impossible. But in our time, as in every time, the impossible is the least that one can demand—and one is, after all, emboldened by the spectacle of human history in general, and American Negro history in particular, for it testifies to nothing less than the perpetual achievement of the impossible.

The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.

If you've never been to a live wrestling show, you need to go to one. To understand 'Lucha Underground,' you need to watch it.

Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle.

If you're going to learn about entrances from anyone, you might learn from the Undertaker.

The first time I fought Undertaker. I remember watching him walk down and having this chill. You know that feeling when you're almost getting into a car accident? It felt like that continuously for 10 minutes. That was a moment.

I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

With sport, we should sit back, enjoy. It's awesome to watch.

Everything is spectacle. Everything is entertainment, whether it's shame, invasion of privacy, abuse, no matter what it is it's become almost a sporting event. It's like the new Roman Coliseum in a way.

Sports is a huge entertainment now, and we need to provide that entertainment for the fans because that's what they're looking for.

I think guys are burning the business out by doing all this high impact stuff because once you use it as just a high spot, that's all it will ever be afterwards.

Diving is cool to watch. Springboard or platform - it doesn't matter.

It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.

The very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

Madison Square Garden is one of the greatest arenas in the world.

Madison Square Garden is a big deal.

I want a super-fight with a massive name, and I'd love it in a stadium.

We want to see football. If people want to see acting, they go somewhere else, not the stadium.

The Bernabeu is a fantastic stadium, probably the best stadium I have ever played.

If there is a magic stadium in Europe, then it is the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid's Bernabeu was an amazing stadium to play in. It was just on top of you, and such a big stadium.

Wembley is one of the top stadiums in the world.