“With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.” CharacterShowsFansLike YouAssumingCome UpUp To You Author:Kaitlin Olson
“Most people's Gods are self-reflective. God just has to be like you. You get concerned, so you assume God must get concerned. You get pissed off, so you assume God must get pissed off. You're attached to things that you create, so you assume that God would be.” PeopleSelfGodWould BeLike YouConcernedAssumingPissed Off Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't feel any pressure at all because I don't care. That's an occupational hazard... but if you're doing anything of any worth, and not doing something that's safe and anodyne and trying to be populist and a national treasure, then you've got to assume that as many people hate what you do - and you - as like what you do and like you.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingCareHateLike YouSafePressureAssumingDon't CareTreasureI Don't CareHazardsPopulistNational TreasureOccupational Hazards Author:Ricky Gervais
“If you tell certain people that you like Kerouac, they assume that's all you read, like you don't know anything else about literature. I recognize all the things that people dislike about the way he writes - his tone and the sentimentality of it all. But those books were there for me at a very important point in my life.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWritingImportantBookCertainLiteratureLike YouAssumingToneDislikeSentimentality Author:Ben Gibbard
“Realize that your physical experience and environment is the materialization of your beliefs. If you find great exuberance, health, effective work, abundance, smiles on the faces of those who you meet, then take it for granted that your beliefs are beneficial. If you see a world that is good, people like you, take it for granted again, that your beliefs are beneficial. But if you find poor health, a lack of meaningful work, a lack of abundance, a world of sorrow and evil, then assume your beliefs are faulty and begin examining them.” PeopleIfsWorldFacesEvilBeliefRealizingPoorEnvironmentLike YouSorrowAssumingMeaningfulGrantedAbundanceGood PeopleBeneficialExaminingExuberanceMeaningful WorkPoor Health Author:Seth
“I love my career, but I feel like you've got to babysit a lot of aspects of things. Assuming that things will be handled properly is just naive. But I think that's anyone's life, right? Even if you're running a construction site, it doesn't matter if you've been doing it for 20 years, you're still going to be blindsided by someone's incompetence or indifference.” IfsThinkingFeelsYearsStillsMatterRunningCareersLike YouAspectAssumingIndifferenceConstructionSiteNaiveIncompetenceConstruction Sites Author:Jim Gaffigan