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
“I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark” — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
When asked, 'What did God do before he created the universe?' St. Augustine didn´t reply, 'he was preparing Hell for people who… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The old paradox: Can God make a stone so heavy that he can't lift it? — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Any one cant prove that God doesn't exist but science makes God unnecessary — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does… — 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 Image
We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image