“My glass is not only half-empty, I'm convinced someone spit in it.”
“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.”
“The glass is not half empty; it is half full.”
“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.”
“Don't bother. The glass is 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.”