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Chasm Quotes

On the gaps too wide to cross without a leap.

These quotes treat chasm as a real divide — the widening gap between independent and commercial film, and an older, sterner image of a deep gulf between heaven and hell with no room to sit on the fence.

The chasm between independent film and commercial film is now so wide. You either have to be super-famous and get a first-time director or writer's indie script off the ground, or you're a newcomer and go and put a cape...

Quotes by Zawe Ashton

What's lovely about what I do for a living is the vast chasm of variety that constantly just comes at you from all angles.

Quotes by Robert Sheehan

The more I started studying the historical Jesus, the man who lived 2,000 years ago... the more I started to realize that there was this chasm between the historical Jesus and the Jesus that I had been taught about in...

Quotes by Reza Aslan

Yes, we are a producer of cameras, but we understand that at the end of the day, you have to make photos in software. A lot of companies focus on the camera side, and a lot are on the software...

Quotes by Ren Ng

Danger Quotes

Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!

Quotes by Karl Liebknecht

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

Quotes by Johnny Cash

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

All these old images of me floating across the screen, the terrible chasm of what you were and what you are. I know who I am, but these people who see me as I was then don't.

Quotes by Diana Rigg

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Quotes by David Lloyd George

Depth Quotes

The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

Quotes by David Lloyd George

One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded.

Quotes by Clint Smith

There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even if only to crack their friends up - has already crossed that chasm to doing something. That's the...

Quotes by Clay Shirky

We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction......

Quotes by Ben Carson

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

Quotes by bell hooks

Emotion Quotes

The rise of Donald Trump has exposed a deep chasm in America between the haves and have-nots.

Quotes by Anthony Scaramucci

Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the chasm quotes page focus on?
It covers real and metaphorical divides — the widening gap between independent and commercial film, and a starker image of the gulf between heaven and hell.
Why search for quotes using the word chasm specifically?
Chasm suggests a divide too wide to casually cross, so people often reach for it when describing conflict, inequality, or moral distance rather than a minor gap.
Is there a historical or political quote in this set?
Yes, one quote calls for liberating workers from what it calls the 'infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery,' using the word for a systemic injustice rather than a personal divide.
Does this page touch on the film industry specifically?
One quote describes the chasm between independent and commercial film as now so wide that newcomers face a much harder path than established names.
What related page is worth exploring?
Depth quotes explore similar imagery of distance and scale.

A historic call for liberation frames another kind of chasm entirely, the infernal one of war, exploitation and slavery workers were urged to escape, while one performer describes a chasm of variety coming at them from every angle. See also Depth and Mystery quotes.