Is Your Glass Half Full? — DeWese

If they are the majority, they point across the aisle and shout, “No, we’ve made the glass half full!” (Notice how great writers like me artfully dodge telling what political side they are on, so you readers can make your own informed decisions.)

That expression, “He or she sees the glass as half empty or half full,” has been around for a long time. It’s used to describe pessimistic people who see the “glass half empty” and optimistic people who see the glass “half full.”