Linus Torvalds Quotes

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

Debate is so much better than denial.

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.

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

I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don't believe most people, if they don't win, are just going to take their ball and go home.

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.

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.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

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

The belief in the therapeutic and redemptive force of dialogue depends on the assumption … that, after all, no idea is worth fighting over to the death and that we can always reach a position of accommodation if only we will sit down and talk it out

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

This is a duty now. Pick up the phone and call me, particularly when your ideas differ from mine.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

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

I don't have all the answers. I'm just supposed to present what I think is an issue and have dialogue start.

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' is not a dirty word; it's our word.

How else are we going to get anywhere if we can't talk to each other?

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

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.