122 Half Empty Quotes
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Famous Half Empty Quotes
Let's put it this way: the glass is half-empty, but the fact is, I can always get another drink — Ville Valo
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking. — Bill Cosby
A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. — Mike Royko
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth. — Janeane Garofalo
Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it. — Nora Roberts
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. — George Carlin
It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it. — Gurbaksh Chahal
Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water. — Mark Cuban
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. — Oscar Wilde
The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel. — John Lyly
You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing. — Kanye West
The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. — Bruce Lee
Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?" — David Kaufman
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. — Rex Stout
Short Half Empty Quotes
- A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. — Jean De La Fontaine
- An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. — Jules Renard
- Pessimism is self-fulfilling. — Naval Ravikant
- Unfortunately, pessimism is self-fulfilling. — Naval Ravikant
- A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde
- Why does the feeling of emptiness occupy so much space? — James De La Vega
- To the pessimist the light at the end of the tunnel is another train. — Joan Rivers
Half Full Or Half Empty Quotes
Don’t tell me the glass is half-full or half-empty; you either have something in that glass or you don’t. — Tim Grover
If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table? — Brad Thor
It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw. — Joey Comeau
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word. — Alan K. Simpson
I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them. — Mark Cuban
Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it. — Unknown
I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? — Oliver Stone
Age-old question: Is the glass half empty or half full? Answer: Who cares? Does it really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty? The issue is whether it quenches your thirst. — Larry Winget
To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing. — Mary Alice Monroe
... was there no one over thirty-five who had not some secret agony, some white-faced fear? Half one's life one walked carelessly, certain that some day one would have one's heart's desire: and for the rest of it, one either goes empty, or walks carrying a full cup, afraid of every step. — Helen Waddell
Glass Half Empty Quotes
People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass. — Louis Zamperini
The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission — Grace Hopper
Here's the thing - if you want to do good things in the world, there's just only so much time that one can spend being glass half empty. — Chamath Palihapitiya
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be. — Oscar Wilde
99% of the people in the world would say there's something that they'd like to change about their lives, because nothing's perfect, and nobody's perfect. I suppose I could look at the glass half-empty instead of as half-full. — Morris Chestnut
Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws. — Lauren Aquilina
If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities. — Peter Drucker
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett
I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it. — Gary Vaynerchuk
Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day. — Mattie Stepanek
Half Empty Person Quotes
I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full. — Nigahiga
I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. — Rosie Perez
If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass — Richard Branson
I'm a positive thinker and actor. I look at a glass; a negative person sees the glass and says: too bad it's half empty... I look at the same glass and say: Hallelujah!! It's half full!!! — Maya Angelou
But don’t ever let yourself forget that the person you care about fills an emptiness no one else ever has and that while life with them can seriously suck at times, those moments when it doesn’t are worth all the aggravation of falling into the toilet and getting soaked when you’re half asleep. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Half Full Half Empty Quotes
If some ns just happen to be good at seeing water holes as half full instead of half empty… we should be able to as well. — Robert M. Sapolsky
This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full. — Diane Keaton
Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large. — George Carlin
To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty. — Eddie Money
Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas. — James Alan Gardner
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full. — Josiah Stamp
Some people think of the glass as half full. Some people think of the glass as half empty. I think of the glass as too big. — George Carlin
I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?" — Damon Lindelof
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that someone's going to tip it over. — Peter McWilliams
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Half Full Quotes
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. — Saint Francis de Sales
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain, But Lust's effect is tempest after sun; Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain, Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done; Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies; Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. — William Shakespeare
We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever. — Michelle Bachelet
If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full? — Sojourner Truth
Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too? — Edgar Degas
There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile. — Alexandra Adornetto
For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it in its integrity to the full extent of the obligations imposed and the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution. — Zachary Taylor
There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have. — Goldie Hawn
For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. — Herman Melville
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential. — Malala Yousafzai
Glass Half Full Quotes
Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life. — Shawn Achor
Always look on the bright side of life. — Graham Chapman
I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels. — Darynda Jones
Life has good and bad times. And to get through them you have to battle. Life is not all smooth. I've had my bumps and bruises, like anybody, but I've always tried to look at life like a glass that's half full. — Dick Vitale
I see the glass half full...but of poison. — Woody Allen
Count your blessings not your flaws — Lauren Aquilina
My kids and I figured out that there’s a third kind of person, and I don’t know what you call them, but it’s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because it’s half full with water and half full with nothing, so that’s the third kind of person. I don’t know what it is. — Louis C. K.
We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet. — Steve King
My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me. — Sherry Lansing
I'm afraid my glass is no longer half full because I drank most of it. — Lawrence Fagg
People Writing About Half Empty
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Oscar Wilde |
1908 | 25561 |
 Naval Ravikant |
583 | 1 |
 Ville Valo |
59 | 886 |
 Bill Cosby |
255 | 1965 |
 Mike Royko |
30 | 650 |
 Janeane Garofalo |
111 | 536 |
More Half Empty Quotes
Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. It's time we gave this some thought. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty. — John Hagee
The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive. — Jeanette Winterson
Younger and younger, our children are seeing the sippy-cup as half empty. — Maria Bamford
On bended knee is no way to be free lifting up an empty cup I ask silently that all my destinations will accept the one that's me so I can breath Circles they grow and they swallow people whole half their lives they say goodnight to wive's they'll never know got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul so it goes. — Eddie Vedder
At my core, the glass isn't half-empty, it's not even what I ordered in the first place. — Sayings
This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated. — Emily Giffin
I remember that my sisters gave me this beautiful, like, empty book for Christmas. And I would draw all these beautiful women. Most of the time it was mermaids and a Minotaur: half human, half animal. I used to be obsessed with Minotaurs when I was a child. — Riccardo Tisci
people say churches are half empty, they're not, they're too big — Sean Lock
I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other. — Daniel Clowes
The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out of the box. I think it's what I'd call an 'optimistic start'. As you know, for me, no glass is anything other than half empty, so I apologise for my reticence in terms of promoting this programme. — Rowan Atkinson
Education is not a discipline at all. Half vocational, half an emptiness dressed up in garments borrowed from philosophy, psychology, literature. — Edward Blishen
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Design is how you treat your customers. If you treat them well from an environmental, emotional, and aesthetic standpoint, you're probably doing good design. — Yves Behar
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