“Nothing in the world was more terrible than an empty bottle! Unless it was an empty glass.”

“Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.”

“Having found nothing worth more than emptiness, he leaves space vacant.”

“I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.”

“Void is when there is absolutely nothing there and the nothing is natural, a complete vacuum. But empty - with empty, you are aware of what's supposed to be there. Empty means something is missing.”

“Nor is anything empty: For what is empty is nothing. What is nothing cannot be.Nor does it move; for it has nowhere to betake itself to, but is full. For if there were aught empty, it would betake itself to the empty. But, since there is naught empty, it has nowhere to betake itself to.”

“The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.”

“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.”

“Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.”

“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.”