Spectacle Quotations

Women now influence the majority of consumer purchases. It is women's votes that will secure victory at the next election, hence the altogether delicious spectacle of Messrs Brown and Cameron vying to tell stories about broken nights and childcare as men once boasted of goals scored or pheasants bagged.

Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.

This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?

I'm aware that the World Cup is probably the greatest spectacle in the world of sport, and that's despite the referees that have been found to have fixed games specifically.

As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.

Movies started out as an extension of a magic trick, so making a spectacle is part of the game.

We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed by rippling six packs and forcing an image down someone's throat trying to prove masculinity. Whereas I think true masculinity comes from having a strong sense of self.

Never as then, amid suicides, hysteria, and groups of fainting people, have I felt the sensation of real death, death without hope, death that is nothing but rottenness, for the spectacle was terrifying but devoid of greatness.

People want a thrill, people love spectacle and people love to be entertained,

The place I begin is with story. If the audience doesn't care about that, then it doesn't matter how amazing the spectacle is. My central philosophy is that people go to the movies to be told a story, not to see stuff blow up.

The priesthood is not dying, but the clerical state is dead. It needs to be buried, preferably with a Viking funeral in Boston Harbor so nobody can miss the spectacle of its passing.

Certainly in Miami, it's completely changed the show. If that's what the fans are telling us that they need to see ... we always hoped to have some of the spectacle that brings so many people to the track.

He must be a chaser of wild geese, as well as of wild ducks. He must be prepared to make a public spectacle of himself.

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson

Paris presents one incessant round of amusement & dissipation but very little, I believe - even for its inhabitants of that society - which interests the heart. Every day, you may see something new, magnificent & beautiful; every night, you may see a spectacle which astonishes & enchants the imagination.

I think Milan and Barcelona are two great teams, maybe the best expressions of soccer right now in Europe. I think you'll see two great games of spectacle and skill.

I think qualifying will be an interesting spectacle now,

The problem we have is that we are too honest in the Premiership. The rules are applied to the extreme. We all know the referee was right under the laws to show the red card, but I'm convinced he would rather have shown just yellow. It killed the game as a spectacle because in the first half hour I thought we were fractionally the better side.

The 40,000 spectators will see spectacle of fast-running, exciting sevens rugby.

When Tampa Prep and Berkeley Prep get together, it is a spectacle to see. Everyone gets excited, and it's a special thing to be part of.

English cricket must convince cricket's new fans that a day at a county match can be just as engaging a spectacle as watching the Ashes on TV.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

You can't blame movies for embracing spectacle; filmmakers since D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille have loved spectacle, and spectacle is something that movies convey like no other medium, especially in a digital age.

The spectacle is secondary, ... What I really like about it is there's a friction between good and evil.

The spectacle of a mayor and a governor throwing mud at each other while the city and the area were floundering was not a pretty one. That's another area where it's going to take some time and some historians to figure out whether he was let down by the government or not. On the other hand, his anger at those with a higher place on the hierarchy is an understandable one.

Born in the silent era, with the first ceremony hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Oscars are a tradition in a business that doesn't have much of it, and the biggest spectacle in a business that's often nothing but.

Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.

A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure

This announcement is an early Christmas present for fans of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

I have no doubt that the potential is here to grow and develop this race into a big, big spectacle in both the state of California and the United States.

If many thousands of illegal aliens marched in their zeal, many more millions of Americans of all different races and backgrounds watched - and seethed. They were struck by the spectacle of illegal alien residents lecturing citizen hosts on what was permissible in their own country.

In the early 1960s, he was already talking about how our society thrives on image and spectacle rather than reality. Blake wasn't too tolerant of superficial people and their ideas.

If you pack that place, it can become one of the most intimidating buildings in America. I saw what a spectacle the Dome was this past winter when we had those 30,000-plus spectators for basketball. I think we can make it even more intimidating for football.

St Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing.

Once again, we see the disgusting spectacle of the people at the top taking care of themselves at the same time they are demanding extraordinary sacrifices from their hourly workers, engineers, administrative and support staff, mid-level managers and others.

On behalf of the (speedway's owners), it's an honor to be here tonight and to accept this recognition. We have a unique event that is specifically tied in to Memorial Day weekend. ... It only makes the greatest spectacle in racing that much more special.

As a coach, sometimes you look up at the score and can't believe how they can turn a game on a dime. How can you go from an eight-point lead to a 30-point lead in the blink of an eye? I don't have words to describe it. It was a spectacle to watch and I had a front row seat.

It's very fast to put news up there. We didn't want to make a multimedia spectacle out of it; that wouldn't be appropriate.

I guess I've always been quite interested in the Situationists' ideas about urbanism and spectacle and how we move through life.

You can't get a quality game of rugby when someone like that is in charge. He didn't allow any phases or play to develop. There was no continuity. The players got frustrated. When you are trying to get people to come and watch club rugby you can't have it killed as a spectacle like that. I know referees have to learn but this guy has been around for a while and I don't see any improvement.

There were some boos and jeers about what we did. But it did not only mean we got the result we needed; it meant everyone got a spectacle when there otherwise would not have been one. After England's success this summer, the crowds need to see good games of county cricket.

To have this full story unfold onstage at the Keith-Albee by the Tchaikovsky Ballet Company is going to be a great spectacle for those who are dance lovers, from kids to adults. The really amazing part is that this group traveling with a 50-piece orchestra, and seeing the show with this great music will really be a treat.

I couldnt be more pleased, or proud, to continue our relationship with Peter and Fran on this film. There are no filmmakers who better understand the delicate balance between technology and drama, and how the best use of todays astonishing digital tools is in the service of not only spectacle but also a solid story. We are confident that the HALO feature film can be most fully realized under the creative direction of Peter, Fran and Weta.

I don't think anyone could have gone through extra time. It must have been a great spectacle and St Helens played their part, but we know we can play a whole lot better.

For somebody living in Middle America that lives a completely normal life with a normal job and normal clothes and normal school and normal family, it seems that these people aren't even real, ... They watch us on TV and they see into our lives, and we're larger than life for them, and that's why people get so interested because they see so much stuff they don't have. The whole lifestyle and living in L.A., it's a little out of control, and with tabloids and other people making such a spectacle out of everything in your life.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who, with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within. But let us not imagine there is anything grand about the introvert's unhappiness.