10 Quotes by Bill Hopkins

The moment one conceives the meaning of human greatness is the moment when one understands the baseness, the triviality and the meanness of the material from which we have to mould it.

We have replaced the religious passions with Christian social virtues, and to talk of Man’s triumph in terms of mercy, charity, or compassion is as senseless as expecting to find a Christ standing his turn of beers in a Paddington public house.

We are suffering, all of us, because of the emptiness that surrounds us, that infiltrates between us, that penetrates through us. We are penned in by our limitations, afraid to break out and face that emptiness alone. But unless we do, we shall go on making our mistakes, repeating our blunders and manufacturing the same senseless tragedies.

Good gracious, it made a big splash in the papers, ... It was quite uplifting for the whole valley.

He was in pretty good health until about four months ago when the cancer came back.

Keep in mind it is your most important marketing tool, ... People will spend $200 on a 3-by-3 inch ad in the paper, but they don't want to spend $75 on a business card that's going to do them a heck of a lot more business.

It always concerns me when a homegrown company like Roanoke Electric Steel gets tied up with management control outside the city and state.

Stay away from trite ones like, 'Where the customer is always king,' because it really means nothing.

I tell my customers: Don't let them sit in a box. Please, use them!