#census

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 to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number? ↗

— Andy Rooney

#census #else #get #government #help

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 asleep. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#asleep #census #certainly #did #direct

Hold it right there. You men from the bank?" "You Wash's boy?" "Yessir and Daddy told me I'm to shoot whoever's from the bank." "Well, we ain't from the bank young feller." "Yessir, I'm also s'posed to shoot folks serving papers." "We ain't got no papers neither." "I nicked the census man." "Now there's a good boy. ↗

— Joel Coen

#art

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 find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#effective #effective way #getting #good #more

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 U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#census #citizens #conservatives #constitution #even

It's often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#conservatives #difficult #government #intervention #often

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 school schedules. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#busy #census #common #conflicting #give

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#census #females #first #free #head

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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