Physics Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning.

— Stephen Hawking

The universe is not indifferent to our existence - it depends on it.

— Stephen Hawking

If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.

— Stephen Hawking

We see the universe the way it is because we exist.

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There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

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Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.

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The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary.

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Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.

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The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us.

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I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

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Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.

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I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does…

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Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.

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We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe

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I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can…

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“the most important point: that the universe is governed by a set of rational laws that we can discover and understand.”

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So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see…

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“The people who actually make the advances in theoretical physics don't think in these categories that the philosophers and the historians of…

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“Today will still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification…

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While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there…

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My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that…

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As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of…

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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology…

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Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are…

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I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes…

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“Our very existence imposes rules determining from where and at what time it is possible for us to observe the universe. That…

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“Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the…

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The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical…

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We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe.

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The universe doesn't allow perfection.

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I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.

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Physics as we know it will be over in six months - Max Born

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I like physics, but I love cartoons.

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Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

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If you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way.

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The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

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It is impossible to imagine a four-dimensional space. I personally find it hard enough to visualize a three-dimensional space!

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The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe.

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Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

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Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about…

— Stephen Hawking