And that's looking at the glass half-full, Jacqui. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2005] Reference
The glass is not half-empty and it's not half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
It is something of a glass half-full, glass half-empty story. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs economists: No double dip (probably)] Reference
Joe came to his feet, putting down his still half-full glass. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
But it was still more than half-full when they were finished. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
If it's only half-full, the food's probably safe for 24 hours. From Wordnik.com. [Tips on determining if food is safe during power outage] Reference
Bake in small scalloped tins, and fill each one only half-full. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl] Reference
That seems to me to be where people might see the glass half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2009] Reference
I'm, you know, I like to look at the glass always being half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2001] Reference
All over the country, there are new buildings that stand half-full. From Wordnik.com. [China Attempts to Cool Hot Property Market] Reference
So, it depends on -- this is kind of a half-full, half-empty thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2004] Reference
And there also is talk about the baggage compartment being half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2009] Reference
A bowl half-full of water is placed upon a plate covered with a doily. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
KING: So you -- are you -- the glass is always half-full to you, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Lee Radziwill Shares Her Remarkable Memories - March 27, 2001] Reference
Grating against the loose stones 'til it came but half-full from the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 7, August 12, 1850] Reference
Pour in a glass pitcher, and serve with glasses filled half-full of cracked ice. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl] Reference
So the half-full part, the Labor Party won a third term, I think was the economy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2005] Reference
Except for the conservative "New York Sun" which took the glass half-full approach. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2007] Reference
I look at my drink, which is half-full, a watered down version of its former self. From Wordnik.com. [Liz] Reference
"I'm a glass half-full guy, so I always look on the positive side," Gilbert told Farhi. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Gilbert says WJFK helped WTEM] Reference
It was Phule, dressed for a night on the town, with a half-full martini glass in one hand. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
Big Boi played a good show to a half-full club; Best Coast played an OK show to a full club. From Wordnik.com. [Coda: Gaga's big statements; getting ready for the VMAs] Reference
SANCHEZ: I'm looking for a glass that's half-full, and you're still seeing it as half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2009] Reference
ROBERT DRAPER, AUTHOR, "DEAD CERTAIN": I think he's determined to see the glass is half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2007] Reference
And there's really less than a half-full swimming pool of oil left buried under Sound beaches. From Wordnik.com. [AlaskaDispatch.com: Who's The Mama Grizzly Now? National Media Goes Bushwhacking In Alaska] Reference
We drank great long draughts of it, washed ourselves clean and fresh in a basin half-full of water. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
She leaves forty dollars on the table and walks away, her lipstick marking a half-full glass of wine. From Wordnik.com. [Touch Me] Reference
I crawl along the back of the bar and steal a half-full bottle of whiskey from the lips of a blind choir singer. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead] Reference
I pillaged the medicine cabinet, and was close to giving up when I saw the half-full toothpaste tube by the sink. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Bedpost] Reference
She propped herself on an elbow and reached for one of the tumblers on the night stand, still half-full of wine. From Wordnik.com. [Everything is Fine] Reference
His seat faces the aisle, I am sitting forward-faced across the aisle, we are on a half-full city bus, this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Gerontophile: An Imposition] Reference
I down the half-full pint, chasing it with the cool-piss taste of the beers and watch the sun set over the red-brick house. From Wordnik.com. [The Aunts] Reference
In the middle, rests a tray of perfume, including my coveted half-full bottle of Venezia by Laura Biagiotti, long discontinued. From Wordnik.com. [Tickets, Please] Reference
Well, my comment is, and people are sort of talking similarly to this: Do you look at your glass as if it were half-empty or half-full?. From Wordnik.com. ['Happiness' Is More Complex Than You Might Think] Reference
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