The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are.

It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas wind at all angles and ever varying force arched surfaces head resistance ratio of weight to area and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible as a contemporary poet.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.

But if something funny happens I can't resist. I have to tell the people.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Resist this war on God freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

Every therapeutic cure and still more any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

What I think we fear is rapid pronounced and uncontrollable changes to ourselves and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction virtually no human being can resist.

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature and it is an obligation I believe for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.

If I have resistance to something it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

What is needed rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance is understanding fear that means watch it learn about it come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear not how to escape from it.

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue but more frequently of her experience.

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.