--- title: "1 Census Quotes By Rory Bremner" description: "1 Census quotes by Rory Bremner. Plus more from Rory Bremner and more Census sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg" --- > [Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-leisure-pursuits-in-the-u-k/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg) ## More by Rory Bremner > [People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/people-may-say-that-what-i-do-is-very-clever-but-it-s-not-really-at/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/now-i-m-instantly-nervous-about-the-demands-of-doing-a-weekly-column/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/or-the-department-of-education-and-another-ministry-were-worried/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-remember-driving-home-one-evening-while-they-were-reviewing-the/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/scotland-needs-comedy-more-than-ever-with-the-independence-debate/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/it-s-harder-to-take-politics-seriously-to-understand-the-issues-than/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/when-george-bush-finally-leaves-the-white-house-the-satire-industry/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I think I probably tend to make life hard for myself by taking on too many things. I call it plate spinning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-think-i-probably-tend-to-make-life-hard-for-myself-by-taking-on-too/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/when-you-consider-what-tony-blair-was-saying-about-liberty-human/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-had-an-edinburgh-middle-class-childhood-and-a-public-school/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-m-supposed-to-be-the-director-of-a-television-company-but-i-ve-only/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea. But thats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-love-the-6-nations-rugby-i-feel-very-scottish-then-i-feel-very/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/politics-now-is-rather-like-going-into-starbucks-for-a-coffee/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/i-ve-no-idea-what-they-make-of-me-people-usually-don-t-recognise/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) > [When I think back to my childhood, it's with a mixture of amusement and embarrassment. I was always forgetting things. My mum called me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/when-i-think-back-to-my-childhood-it-s-with-a-mixture-of-amusement/) [Rory Bremner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-bremner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/census/rory-bremner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Census Quotes By Rory Bremner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged on within hours of its launch.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rory Bremner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-bremner/genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-leisure-pursuits-in-the-u-k/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth…” — Rory Bremner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/census/rory-bremner/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/census/rory-bremner/", "name": "Census Quotes by Rory Bremner", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/census/rory-bremner/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/rory-bremner-9411_about_genealogy-is-among-the-fastest-growing-l_2125692.jpg" }, "description": "1 Census quotes by Rory Bremner. 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