Ridiculous Quote by Lion Feuchtwanger

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes…

— Thomas Paine

The sublime is only a step removed from the ridiculous.

— Theodor Adorno

At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime

— Derek Mahon

“From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.”

— William Hazlitt

“Give me the ridiculous, because it's a gateway to the sublime.”

— Jeff Mach

“Satisfy people's desire for the ridiculous and they will accept your idea of the sublime.”

— Maurice Willson Disher

One source of the sublime is infinity.

— Edmund Burke

You start with the sublime and end up in an alley jerking away for dear life.

— Henry Miller

Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is nothing I know of so sublime as a fact.

— George Canning

Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into comparisons and…

— Jean de la Bruyere