Half Empty Quotes

• Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.

  Bill Cosby

  Drinking, Glasses, Alcohol

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• 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

  Motivation, Glasses, Water

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• She was a level-headed woman who saw the glass as neither half empty nor half full, but rather a glass with something in it and room to pour in more.

  Joanne Fluke

  Glasses, Half, Levels

  Joanne Fluke (2011). “Apple Turnover Murder Bundle with Key Lime Pie Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, and Lemon Meringue Pie Murder”, p.51, Kensington Books

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• 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

  Glasses, Optimism, Needs

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• I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Dark, Sides, Pessimism

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• 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

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Glasses

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• It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.

  Joey Comeau

  Crazy, Glasses, Half

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• A thankful heart is never half-full or half-empty, but always overflowing with love.

  Wes Fesler

  Heart, Thankfulness, Half

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• Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.

  John Templeton

  Gratitude, Good Life, Laughter

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• 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

  Glasses, Negative, Looks

  Source: blues.gr

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• 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

  Grateful, Glasses, Half

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• This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full.

  Diane Keaton

  Half, Stuff, Too Much

  Diane Keaton (2011). “Then Again”, p.248, Random House

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• To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.

  Mary Alice Monroe

  Glasses, Half, Dry

  Mary Alice Monroe (2017). “Girl in the Mirror”, p.135, MIRA

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• 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

  Believe, Glasses, People

  Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (2014). “Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• 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

  Glasses, Asking, Half

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• If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass

  Richard Branson

  Glasses, Half, Empty

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Aug 03, 2015

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• There is an old cliche, 'You can see the glass half empty, or you can see it half full.' You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right. But whatever you focus on, you're going to get more of. Creation is an extension of thought. Think lack, and you get lack. Think abundance, and you get more.

  Marianne Williamson

  Thinking, Glasses, Focus

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• 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

  Optimistic, Character, Thinking

  Source: news.tvguide.co.uk

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• When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer.

  Sherman Alexie

  Beer, Glasses, People

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, p.71, Open Road Media

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• But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.

  Maynard James Keenan

  Fire, Glasses, Guy

  Interview with Aaron Burgess, www.avclub.com. November 30, 2006.

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• The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.

  Jodi Picoult

  Glasses, Half, Milk

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• Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash. (Said to President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner)

  Stephen Colbert

  Mean, Glasses, White

  Stephen Colbert’s speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner, www.democracynow.org. May 3, 2006.

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• I am the middle sister. The one in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of gray, the glass half empty or full, depending on your view. In my life, there has been little that I have done first or better than the one preceding or following me. Of all of us, though, I am the only one who has been broken.

  Sarah Dessen

  Glasses, Views, Broken

  "Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.

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• A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill.

  Mike Royko

  Glasses, Fans, Half

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• ...if you live feeling like Your glass is half empty, well, It may as well be empty all the way.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Glasses, Feelings, Half

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