No generality has any weight whatever. It is like saying "how do you do?" When you have no intention of inquiring about ones health. But specific claims when made in print are taken at their value — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
In the old days, advertisers ventured on their own opinions. The few guess right, the many wrong. Those were the time of advertising disaster — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Whatever claim you use to gain attention, the advertisement should tell a story reasonably complete. — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Lust is a monstrous sin which altereth, marreth, and drieth the body, weakening all the joints and members, making the face bubbled and yellow,… — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Don't think of people in the mass. This gives you a blurred view — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Platitudes and generalities roll of the human understanding like water from a duck — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
People will not be bored. They may listen politely at a dinner table to boasts and personalities, life history, etc. But in print they… — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is profitable or unprofitable according to its actual sales. — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Impressive claims are made far more impressive by making them exact — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
