Absurdity Quote by William Hazlitt

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

— Lion Feuchtwanger

For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.

— Anthony Bourdain

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

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

— Jeff Mach

When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.

— Thomas Paine

Only by chancing the ridiculous, can I hope for the sublime.

— Jay DeFeo

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between.

— Mary Roach

“When we travel, we aim for the sublime. It's the ridiculous stuff, however, that we tend to treasure the most.”

— Erik Torkells

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton