--- title: "11 Brunt Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Brunt quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Brunt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jp-delaney-80793_truth_those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest_1041279.jpg" --- > [“those who are closest bear the heaviest brunt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jp-delaney/those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest-brunt/) [Jp Delaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jp-delaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jp-delaney-80793_truth_those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest_1041279.jpg) > [I am often the brunt of my own humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/i-am-often-the-brunt-of-my-own-humor/) [Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/charles-r-swindoll-878_am_i-am-often-the-brunt-of-my-own-humor-596_596626.png) > [We've all been the brunt of jokes at times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-banks/we-ve-all-been-the-brunt-of-jokes-at-times/) [Jonathan Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/jonathan-banks-15550_been_we-ve-all-been-the-brunt-of-jokes-at-tim_1015324.jpg) > [“We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/we-always-feel-the-brunt-of-the-blow-dealt-to-us-but-hardly-ever-do/) [Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/richelle-e-goodrich-180_blow_we-always-feel-the-brunt-of-the-blow-dea_2955330.jpg) > [Disgracefully, the arts have too often borne the brunt of short-sighted cuts to educational budgets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lloyd-webber/disgracefully-the-arts-have-too-often-borne-the-brunt-of-short/) [Andrew Lloyd Webber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lloyd-webber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/andrew-lloyd-webber-7392_art_disgracefully-the-arts-have-too-often-bo_780493.jpg) > [“Finn said art isn't about drawing or painting a perfect bowl of fruit. It's about ideas. And you, he said, have enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/finn-said-art-isn-t-about-drawing-or-painting-a-perfect-bowl-of-fruit/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/carol-rifka-brunt-3944_art_finn-said-art-isn-t-about-drawing-or-pai_1043312.png) > [If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-brennan/if-a-person-is-a-u-s-citizen-and-he-is-on-the-battlefield-in/) [John O. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-brennan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/john-o-brennan-10652_afghanistan_if-a-person-is-a-u-s-citizen-and-he-is-o_1133979.jpg) > [I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-richards/i-m-really-busted-up-over-this-and-i-m-very-very-sorry-to-those/) [Michael Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/michael-richards-31511_anger_i-m-really-busted-up-over-this-and-i-m-v_2829802.jpg) > [This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-crisis-of-long-term-unemployment-is-having-a-profoundly-damaging/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/anonymous-1_1930s_this-crisis-of-long-term-unemployment-is_2163488.jpg) > [Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-farrelly/well-there-are-conjoined-twins-in-real-life-and-we-can-tell-a-story/) [Bobby Farrelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-farrelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/bobby-farrelly-28966_about_well-there-are-conjoined-twins-in-real-l_220318.jpg) > [“...it occurred to me that I could use the energy I had been putting into endurance to change my life. Yet the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-truitt/it-occurred-to-me-that-i-could-use-the-energy-i-had-been-putting-into/) [Anne Truitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-truitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/anne-truitt-16251_art_it-occurred-to-me-that-i-could-use-the-e_685979.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brunt/#itemlist", "name": "Brunt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“those who are closest bear the heaviest brunt”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jp Delaney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jp-delaney/those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest-brunt/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jp-delaney-80793_truth_those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest_1041279.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jp-delaney-80793_truth_those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest_1041279.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jp-delaney-80793_truth_those-who-are-closest-bear-the-heaviest_1041279.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“those who are closest bear the heaviest brunt” — Jp Delaney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am often the brunt of my own humor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles R. 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