John Silber Quotes

#1. The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

John Silber

#2. Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity.

John Silber

#3. One can forget the meaninglessness of his own existence by occupying himself with scientific experiments of dubious import. Countless scientists and scholars spend their lives in the search of truths that are irrelevant to them.

John Silber

#4. The gospel preached during every television show is 'You only go around once in life, so get all the gusto you can.' It is a statement about theology; it is a statement about beer. It's lousy beer and even worse theology.

John Silber

#5. Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter] solstice, occur near it: Ramadan, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

John Silber