50+ Glass Half Full Half Empty Quotes. The opposite—that is, the pessimistic view—is put as the glass is half empty. Lets instead take another view with this quote and . The glass is half empty when it was full and half of it was emptied. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water." — mark cuban quotes from . Is the glass half full, or half empty? "the glass is neither half full, nor is it half empty; . "don't settle for a half empty glass, always go for a full one!" ― stephen richards. The more joyful we are, . The pessimist on other hand look at the glass as half empty and continue to go back to what it used to be. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty.