Able Quote by Iain Sinclair

“But entertainment has the merit not only of being better suited to helping sell goods; it is an effective vehicle for hidden ideological messages.24…

— Noam Chomsky

The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.

— Anonymous

I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

— Jake LaMotta

Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it.

— Robert Payne

The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable signs, not…

— William Henry Chamberlin

“The five marks of the Roman decaying culture: Concern with displaying affluence instead of building wealth; Obsession with sex and perversions of sex; Art…

— Edward Gibbon

“It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,” he explains. “Panem et Circenses…

— Suzanne Collins

“Tradition can not justify such misery.   Surely people can enjoy themselves at a non-animal circus with exciting human acts instead?”

— Claire McClennan

The love of spectacles was the taste, or rather passion, of the Syrians: the most skilful artists were procured form the adjacent cities; a…

— Edward Gibbon

From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the biggest form of entertainment in the country. People were starting to have money, starting to have…

— Beth Macy

People are willing to pay for the right to cheer or boo Roman Reigns. That is your job as a box office attraction. Your…

— Paul Heyman

The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were.…

— Benjamin Carson