Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Being confined to a wheelchair doesn't bother me as my mind is free to roam the universe, but it felt wonderful to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It is the blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have… — 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
Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If everything in the universe depends upon everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a… — 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
One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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
In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics.… — 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
Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I'm not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“…only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question: “Why is the universe the… — 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
So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely… — 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
I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, insignificant though we may be, we can reach a full understanding… — 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
If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? ...But we… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that… — 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
