Thomas Dekker Quotes

Hold on. It’s not a fight. It’s a discussion.

Argument is to me the air I breathe.

There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument.

I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.

I will listen to any argument put to me.

We can calm down our argument a little so that we can learn what it is that we are actually arguing about.

I can't force people to agree with me.

Savage people realize their aims through fighting, through conflict. Cultivated and intellectual souls believe that they will attain their aims through thought and discussion.

I wouldn't want to debate me every day.

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

Discussion in America means dissent.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

Good argument is intended to persuade another.

The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

There's always merit to having a debate.

If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way.

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.