It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We are only the temporary custodians of the particles which we are made of. They will go on to lead a future… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only these… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
All of my life, I have been fascinated by the big questions that face us, and have tried to find scientific answers… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In fact, if one considers the possible constants and laws that could have emerged, the odds against a universe that produced life… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
“We have finally found something that doesn’t have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
“In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as: Did the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant model, and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
“Empedocles noticed that if you cover the neck before you immerse it, a clepsydra does not fill. He reasoned that something invisible must be… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet. Let's hope we can avoid dropping the basket until… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
