Julie Walters Quotes

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

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.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

I don’t expect anyone to just sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.

I have ideas, but those ideas could be wrong. The only way that you would change someone's mind is through dialogue, through productive discussion. If you're not going to have productive discussion, what are you going to do?

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

I embark upon discussion and argument with great ease and liberty

I want people to have conversations, to have controversy because it creates dialogue and builds bridges.

I think it's interesting to me to talk to people who don't agree with me all the time.

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

Good people can disagree - all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I'm willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what's good policy and bad policy.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.

I'm not scared of diversity. We have to have debates and win the argument, and if there are amendments that need to be brought up so we find out where the party is, so be it.

There's always merit to having a debate.

I will listen to any argument put to me.

I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

The very essence of modern life is the opportunity for people everywhere to speak, hear, persuade, change their minds, know what others are thinking, and think for themselves.

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

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.