Ted Dekker Quotes

I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.

This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.

I don't really care if people get upset. I think I'm doing my job if people get upset; I want them to think! We all want them to think, hopefully.

If your library is not 'unsafe', it probably isn't doing its job.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

If a book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides if we choose.

Writers who take on polarising issues are apt to step on a few toes.

Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.

There's no question that Ben Shapiro loves to provoke college students.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

There is nothing that's off limits. If people think something is off limits, I make it my business to go make a joke about it; that's my job.

One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.

I'm not really interested in courting controversy, but I am interested in exploring issues that other people would deem to be controversial.

I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.

Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.

Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good.

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

If I have a strong dislike for something, obviously that garners an equal amount of derision, towards me from the audience. And that's fine, as long as it's within the bounds of decency and isn't too personal in the vitriol. That's what makes the blog interesting, and that's what makes reading it interesting and that's what makes writing interesting. You don't want everyone to agree.

Bad jokes, and gay marriage are destroying this country - but torture can save it.

He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

Controversial issues are always more interesting but I don't create material about a subject I have opinion on just because it's controversial. The most fun is having a point of view that the audience is generally against and presenting an argument that challenges their thinking.

I think if the extremists were happy with my films, I'd start to worry.