Top 1200 Half Empty Quotes & Sayings

If I go out to a house and it's half empty I prefer to think it's half full. And I trust people. Even if it all goes wrong you go again.

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

When I speak to people I worked with when I was young, they constantly tell me they wish their students would work half as hard as I did. I was always one to get a lot more out of myself, seeing the glass as half-empty rather than half-full.

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.

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.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

If the glass is half-full or half-empty, it remains the same glass.

I'm English, so I can be very 'half empty.'

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

What’s going on?” Royce asked as throngs of people suddenly moved toward him from the field and the castle interior. “I mentioned that you saw the thing and now they want to know what it looks like,” Hadrian explained. “What did you think? They were coming to lynch you?” He shrugged. “What can I say? I’m a glass-half-empty kinda guy.” “Half empty?” Hadrian chuckled. “Was there ever any drink in that glass?

People are either glass-half-empty or glass-half-full. I always think hopefully.

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.

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

To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty.

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

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.

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

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?"

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

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.

I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.

I'm definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.

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.

If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities.

If some baboons just happen to be good at seeing water holes as half full instead of half empty... we should be able to as well.

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.

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?

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)

A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full.

Like everybody, you get nights where you feel completely depressed. You start thinking about all the bad things and think about the glass half empty - instead of half full. There's no explanation for it.

Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.

Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill.

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

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty.

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.

Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws.

It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's who is pouring the water. The key in business and success at any endeavor is doing your best to control your destiny. You can't always do it, but you have to take every opportunity you can to be as prepared as-and ahead of-the competition as you possibly can be.

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

A tree there is that from its topmost bough Is half all glittering flame and half all green Abounding foliage moistened with the dew; And half is half and yet is all the scene; And half and half consume what they renew.

Love makes you empty - empty of jealousy, empty of power trips, empty of anger, empty of competitiveness, empty of your ego and all its garbage. But love also makes you full of things which are unknown to you right now; it makes you full of fragrance, full of light, full of joy.

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.

We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.

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!!!

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.

I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy, not half-empty.

I'm not a glass-is-half-empty person.

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

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.