Top 98 Glass Half Empty Quotes
#1. If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven't been holding the right glass
Richard Branson
#2. 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
#3. 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
#4. From the day I met you, I've known that you are a glass-half-empty-and-maybe-poisonous guy.
Ed Finn
#5. I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
Ellen DeGeneres
#6. As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty.
John Francis Daley
#7. You're a glass-half-empty kind of guy, sir, aren't you?"
"I don't even acknowledge the existence of the glass, son.
Adrian McKinty
#8. I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.
Dick Cavett
#9. 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
#10. I'm a lawyer. Pessimists see a glass half-empty; optimists see a glass half-full. Lawyers see a glass containing possible carcinogenic materials without a warning label. Skepticism is coded in our DNA.
Naima Simone
#11. There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog, that can mitigate anxiety. And yes, there are people who have the glass half full and glass half empty, and I'm afraid the glass is going to break and I'll cut myself on the shards.
Scott Stossel
#12. I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full.
Nigahiga
#13. I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"
Damon Lindelof
#14. 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
#15. I never quite understood the question that says, is the glass half empty or half full? What's the difference? Eventually it'll end up empty and in the trash.
Cyndi Goodgame
#16. Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws ...
Lauren Aquilina
#17. I've been told I'm a glass half-empty sort of person.
Maria Malonzo
#18. Perception can be one-sided or variant: "Glass half empty or half full." There usually is more than one way of perceiving. Thoroughly check your inner dialogue.
T.F. Hodge
#19. I have that glass-half-empty syndrome, and it takes a great deal of effort to climb out of the hole of darkness that I choose to live in mentally.
Christian Slater
#20. I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave.
John Key
#21. Glass half empty, glass half full, glass too small?
David Mitchell
#22. 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
#23. Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.
Criss Jami
#24. To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.
Mary Alice Monroe
#25. 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
#26. 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
#27. 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
#28. 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
#29. The optimist says, "The glass is half full."
The pessimist says, "The glass is half empty."
The rationalist says, "This glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
That makes it clear as glass.
Thomas Cathcart
#30. Some people see the glass as half-empty, while others see it as half-full. But Jones stares at it and tries to figure out who drank the damn water.
Chris Kuzneski
#31. Some people see a glass as half empty; some see it as half full. I put the glass in a cupboard and forget it's there. You get my point?
Kristin Hannah
#32. What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regardless of how full the glass is, it's filled with acid, and you'll burn your face off.
T.J. Klune
#33. Of course, to a true geek, the glass is neither half-full nor half-empty. It's twice as big as it currently needs to be, though a reasonable reserve margin is not a bad thing to have ready, just in case.
David S. Platt
#34. Don't settle for a half empty glass, always go for a full one!
Stephen Richards
#35. 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
#36. If your glass is half empty, fill it up to be full.
Karen Quan
#37. I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.
Rosie Perez
#38. The lesson: If the optimist says the glass is half full, and the pessimist says the glass is half empty, the physicist ducks.
Randall Munroe
#39. Dad loves his father, but he says he has always been the same. Even when his kids were young, Grandpa John was always negative. If Grandma is a glass half full, Grandpa is a totally empty glass with a desert at the bottom of it. Despite
Kaz Campbell
#40. People who argue whether the glass is half empty or half full are probably not thirsty.
Ljupka Cvetanova
#41. 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
#42. You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing.
Kanye West
#43. 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
#44. 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
#45. Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea.
Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink.
Is the glass part full or part empty?
Take another sip.
And now?
Vera Nazarian
#46. 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
#47. A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill.
Mike Royko
#48. His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. 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 things spills, you aren't as devastated.
Emily Giffin
#49. For an optimist the glass is half full, for a pessimist it's half empty.And for an Engineer it is twice
bigger than necessary.
Sudeep Nagarkar
#50. Half full, half empty - it doesn't matter. It's the same glass of water.
Debbie Viguie
#51. It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint into an empty pint pot. I had to see how much was there, though, and now I know.
Nick Hornby
#52. He wouldn't call a glass of water half full or half empty; he'd assume it was poisoned and run away.
Michael Reisman
#54. Think positive and be a half full glass not half empty glass person. Positive thoughts work so much better than negative ones
Raven McAllan
#55. To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty.
Eddie Money
#56. I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.
Emilyann Girdner
#58. I'm supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty," I told her.
Without a moment's hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: "It depends on if you're drinking or pouring.
Bill Cosby
#60. Your half empty..
A broken glass,
I love you can sound so beautiful
Until you stop to listen
That terrible background noise,
you have no idea how bad I want to hold you
But I'm afraid I'll cut my hand.
Brittany Williams
#61. Cognitive therapists focus on getting patients to see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. Being positive has become rather a fetish. A more radical tactic would be to abolish the need for evaluation and just accept the glass as it is, whether it be cracked or brimming.
Gwyneth Lewis
#62. It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.
Joey Comeau
#63. 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
#64. 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
#65. Some say the glass is half full and blush,
Some say it's half empty and sink,
I feel you are in the midst of,
reaching out for another awesome drink!
Jasleen Kaur Gumber
#66. 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
#67. If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities.
Peter Drucker
#68. 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
#69. When looking at your reserve when going through trials and you see a glass over half empty, remember to look at the one who gives the water. Our focus is what is important, not our struggle.
Gail Davis
#70. 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
#71. My glass is not only half-empty, I'm convinced someone spit in it.
Judy Nichols
#72. i'm a realist, miss randall. if you show me a glass, i see it as neither half-empty nor half-full. i see enough water to drown a man, if i can find a way to put it in his lungs.
D.L. Snell
#73. Optimists see the glass as half full.
Pessimists see the glass as half empty.
Experiential trainers see the whole glass and its context.
Bogdan Vaida
#74. 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
#75. Let's put it this way: the glass is half-empty, but the fact is, I can always get another drink
Ville Valo
#76. You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.
Richard Paul Evans
#77. After expressing his appreciation that his glass is half full rather than being completely empty, he will go on to express his delight in even having a glass: It could, after all, have been broken or stolen.
William B. Irvine
#78. 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
#79. I'm a glass-is-half-full person now, and your sorry ass is still in half-empty country.
Janet Evanovich
#80. Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
Bill Cosby
#81. If you live feeling like
Your glass is half empty, well,
It may as well be empty all the way.
Mattie J.T. Stepanek
#82. We did some soul-searching. Was the cable industry obsolete? Was it an opportune time to get out? Our conclusion was that if you rebuilt your system with this new fiber-optic coaxial hybrid - which we now call broadband - the glass was half full, not half empty. We could compete.
Brian Roberts
#83. 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
#84. 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
#85. Whether your glass is half full or half empty there's still room for more wine.
Trish Jackson
#86. Walker liked to joke that, together, he and his wife owned the entire glass. He took the half-full part, while she usually claimed the empty half.
Alan Orloff
#87. In a half-empty-glass sort of world, I'm the little girl whose cup runneth over.
Sheila C. Johnson
#88. 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
#89. You should never look at the cup or glass as being half empty; see it as being half empty, then you will have mastered the test of greatness.
Barbara Hart
#90. The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty.
Bruce Bartlett
#92. Half full or half empty, just be thankful if your glass has anything in it at all.
D.E. Sievers
#93. Whether the glass seems half full or half empty depends on how thirsty you are.
Marty Rubin
#94. The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.
Jodi Picoult
#95. The glass is neither half full or half empty but merely too large for the contents.
Chris Byrd
#96. At my core, the glass isn't half-empty - it's not even what I ordered in the first place.
Catherine Tate
#97. 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
#98. Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.
Nora Roberts
