“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.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

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

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“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.”

David Levithan book Every You, Every Me

“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.”

Melissus of Samos (-470–-430 BC) Eleatic philosopher

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

Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer

“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.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

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

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

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

Charles Simic (1938) American poet