Jeremy Irons

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.

English Actor

Bhumibol Adulyadej

My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it.

Statesman

William Shakespeare

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

English Playwright

Stephen Kinzer

For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.

American Author

Sandra Bullock

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.

American Actress

H. P. Lovecraft

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.

American Novelist

Babe Ruth

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

American Baseball Player

Coretta Scott King

You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

American Activist

Sean Murray

At home, I'm different. I'm a total prick.

American Actor

James Marsh

British Director

Used to describe minimal damage often overlooked, like those made by very fine instruments or insects.

Literal Tiny Marks

Highlights the small scale of an object or action when meticulously examining something.

Emphasize Minutiae

Describes a sudden, sharp feeling often because of something minor like a needle or a splinter.

Sensation of Pain

Implies the pain or discomfort is fleeting and not overly serious.

Brief Discomfort

A casual but rude insult implying someone is being thoughtless or annoying.

Casual Insult

Used in informal environments but can be considered offensive; not for professional settings.

Informal Context

Often refers to minor mishaps that cause something to be punctured or pierced.

Small Accidents

Captures the triggering of a subtle but impactful emotional response like guilt or remorse.

Emotional Stir

Used metaphorically, often in literary contexts, to suggest a kind of mental or emotional puncturing.

Figurative Usage

 If that helps you. Disagreeable givers are the most undervalued people in our organizations, because they're the ones who give the critical feedback that no one wants to hear but everyone needs to hear. We need to do a much better job valuing these people as opposed to writing them off early, and saying, "Eh, kind of prickly,

Are you a giver or a...

 like me to place it for you?" And the woman said, "No, ma'am, it's for you." And that sort of broke the ice. It was that moment. And I think suddenly people saw her, instead of feeling all prickly and angry, they suddenly thought, my goodness, this is a grandmother, and she's got to deal with all this.

Princess Diana's Funeral...

 Patrick Henry's speech -- I even memorized it. My teacher, she would prick our minds, trying to see what we thinking about. She would say, "Who are you? Hmm? Who are you, sitting right here right now? The person that people think they see from your outside?

Stories: Legacies of who...

 I spent many years in grad school trying to poke bees and do vaccines with needles. Like, years, years at the bench, "Oh my gosh, it's 3 a.m. and I'm still pricking bees." And then one day I said, "Why don't we just do an oral vaccine?"

Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...

 pierce the flesh of life and these wounds could even kill it nevertheless a porcupine is a juicy delicacy and these curious Cubs look for a way to get a paw under it flipping an attack but the prickly porcupine fends off the Cubs and

Porcupine vs. Lion PIPE...

 with the pinpricks of his arrows. Psyche dropped her lamp, burning Cupid with hot oil. He said he'd been in love with Psyche ever since his jealous mother, Venus, asked him to embarrass the young woman by pricking her with an arrow.

The myth of Cupid and...

 which means they can absorb a lot of heat without really changing temperature. The exterior of the building is prickly like a cactus. By increasing the amount of surface area, heat loss is improved at night,

See How Termites...

 Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache.

How do animals...

 anything at all a proper education a writer in a prison little pricks a nun tear down all covering this world and

Expanding our definition...

 heads even the prick is scurrying for cover it's not a good situation

Prick