Jan Karon

My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.

American Writer

Hugo Chavez

Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns, so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people.

Statesman

Pope Francis

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

Argentinian Clergyman

Gabrielle Anwar

I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.

English Actress

Khalil Gibran

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Lebanese Poet

Patti Smith

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

American Musician

Theodore Bikel

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.

Austrian Actor

James Russell Lowell

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

American Poet

Bret Michaels

My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.

Henry David Thoreau

American Author

Thorn specifically refers to sharp extensions on plants, not sharp objects in general.

Part of Plant

Thorns can prick your skin, so approach with caution when dealing with thorny plants.

Painful Touch

Plants have thorns as a defense mechanism to protect from herbivores.

Natural Defense

Used metaphorically, a 'thorn' describes a persistent source of annoyance or trouble.

Metaphorical Irritant

When someone says they have a 'thorn' in their life, it means something is causing emotional distress.

Emotional Discomfort

The phrase 'thorn in one's side' is idiomatic, meaning it can't be understood from the individual words alone.

Idiomatic Use

'Thorn' can mean a letter 'þ' used in old languages; it represents 'th' sounds.

Historic Letter

When learning about the historic 'thorn,' remember it's pronounced like the modern 'th.'

Pronunciation Guide

 And you start making footprints for the next generation to walk in. See, we're walking on a certain path, as parents. We're all in this together. No one can deny that family is one of the biggest foundations in anyone's life. And we're all walking on this path, and we're pulling these thickets out of the way, and these thorns,

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 Then one by one, she would encircle these thorns with dark ink. A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people

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 and doctors had to take out an eye, was infected by doing something very simple. He walked into his garden and scratched his face on a thorn. That British project I mentioned which estimates that the worldwide toll

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 to warn would-be predators. Thorns, spines, and prickles discourage bigger herbivores. To deal with smaller pests, some plants' leaves have sharp hair-like structures called trichomes.

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 shares with an ant the swollen thorn acacia and its namesake the acacia ant have developed harmonious roles in each other's lives the anthro is as protector if any of

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 universe fortunately the thorns by the trees don't really affect the elephants and the inner parts of the elephant mouth is adapted to eat this kind of

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 although the crown of thorns is well protected on top it has a soft underside