Science Quotes by Stephen Hawking

“Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.”

— Stephen Hawking

Science makes God unnecessary.

— Stephen Hawking

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

— Stephen Hawking

We won't know for a few years.

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.

— Stephen Hawking

I would rather be right than rigorous.

— Stephen Hawking

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.

— Stephen Hawking

Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.

— Stephen Hawking

A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

— Stephen Hawking

Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.

— Stephen Hawking

Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.

— Stephen Hawking

Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

— Stephen Hawking

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

— Stephen Hawking

So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the Universe is really completely…

— Stephen Hawking

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for…

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events…

— Stephen Hawking

I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no…

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws…

— Stephen Hawking

The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by…

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

“... if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a…

— Stephen Hawking

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you…

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Stephen Hawking

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called…

— Stephen Hawking

The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of…

— Stephen Hawking

“The uncertainty principle signaled an end to Laplace's dream of a theory of science, a model of the universe that would be…

— Stephen Hawking

“t is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and…

— Stephen Hawking

“A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits…

— Stephen Hawking

“In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as:…

— Stephen Hawking

“Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its…

— Stephen Hawking

“For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned…

— Stephen Hawking

“Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its…

— Stephen Hawking

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

— Stephen Hawking