Census Quotes

54 quotes by 49 authors

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. — Pete du Pont
Its often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census. — Patrick McHenry
Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of… — Patrick McHenry
You and I are forever at the mercy of the census-taker and the census-maker. That impertinent fellow who goes from house to house is one… — Walter Lippmann
The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical terms and statistical methods are… — Darrell Huff
With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census. — Rob Lowe
The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of… — Lord Kelvin
The chief instrument of American statistics is the census, which should accomplish a two-fold object. It should serve the country by making a full and… — James A. Garfield
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you… — Henry Louis Gates
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or… — Jeff Miller
America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While… — Christine Pelosi
I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out… — Andy Rooney
I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return… — Andy Rooney
Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try… — Jonathan Sacks
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall… — Aaron Sorkin
Right and wrong are not the product of census. — Terry Goodkind
What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for… — Jeanette Winterson
Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away. Most of this â€œsomethingâ€ cannot be seen or heard or numbered… — Robert Fulghum
I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility.… — Jasper Fforde

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