Bill Cosby Quotes

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.

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

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.

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.

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)

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

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

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

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

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?

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

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 you're looking at things with the right set of eyes, people are endlessly fascinating. And then, of course, if you look at it the wrong way, then the whole world is horrible and tedious and boring. That's the battle, really--to keep looking at the world in the right way.

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

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

Attitude is everything, so pick a good one

Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

I have never met a successful person who talked about failing. The glass is always half full. I don't even like being around negative talkers.

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.