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.