--- title: "9 Hundred Quotes By Stephen Hawking" description: "9 Hundred quotes by Stephen Hawking. Plus more from Stephen Hawking and more Hundred sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/stephen-hawking-389_civilization_i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the_2385973.jpg" --- > [I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the-only-civilization-within/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/stephen-hawking-389_civilization_i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the_2385973.jpg) > [We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the-last-hundred-years-but-if-we/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/stephen-hawking-389_future_we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the_2699336.jpg) > [In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/in-less-than-a-hundred-years-we-have-found-a-new-way-to-think-of/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/stephen-hawking-389_astronomy_in-less-than-a-hundred-years-we-have-fou_1447951.jpg) > [I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-was-born-on-january-8-1942-exactly-three-hundred-years-after-the/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/stephen-hawking-389_about_i-was-born-on-january-8-1942-exactly-thr_3036569.jpg) > [In this way, Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies. We now know that our galaxy is only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/in-this-way-edwin-hubble-worked-out-the-distances-to-nine-different/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/stephen-hawking-389_astronomy_in-this-way-edwin-hubble-worked-out-the_989648.jpg) > [If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/if-the-rate-of-expansion-one-second-after-the-big-bang-had-been/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/stephen-hawking-389_big_if-the-rate-of-expansion-one-second-afte_412875.jpg) > [The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-human-race-is-just-a-chemical-scum-on-a-moderate-sized-planet/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/stephen-hawking-389_average_the-human-race-is-just-a-chemical-scum-o_1066918.jpg) > [Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/our-population-and-our-use-of-the-finite-resources-of-planet-earth-2/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/stephen-hawking-389_ability_our-population-and-our-use-of-the-finite_1897240.jpg) > [If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/if-we-can-avoid-disaster-for-the-next-two-centuries-our-species/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/stephen-hawking-389_century_if-we-can-avoid-disaster-for-the-next-tw_2373675.jpg) ## Other authors on Hundred ## More by Stephen Hawking > [The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-doctor-who-diagnosed-me-with-als-or-motor-neuron-disease-told-me/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/we-are-the-product-of-quantum-fluctuations-in-the-very-early-universe/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-human-race-does-not-have-a-very-good-record-of-intelligent/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/we-have-finally-found-something-that-doesn-t-have-a-cause-because/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [ \[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years\] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/on-president-bush-s-plan-to-get-to-mars-in-10-years-stupid-robots/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-believe-the-simplest-explanation-is-there-is-no-god-no-one-created/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-paralympic-games-is-about-transforming-our-perception-of-the-world/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-increase-of-disorder-or-entropy-is-what-distinguishes-the-past/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/most-sets-of-values-would-give-rise-to-universes-that-although-they/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/there-is-a-fundamental-difference-between-religion-which-is-based-on/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [“In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as: Did the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/in-the-eighteenth-century-philosophers-considered-the-whole-of-human/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant model, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/a-model-is-a-good-model-if-first-it-interprets-a-wide-range-of/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [“Empedocles noticed that if you cover the neck before you immerse it, a clepsydra does not fill. He reasoned that something invisible must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/empedocles-noticed-that-if-you-cover-the-neck-before-you-immerse-it-a/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-human-race-shouldn-t-have-all-its-eggs-in-one-basket-or-on-one/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) > [I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-hope-i-have-helped-to-raise-the-profile-of-science-and-to-show-that/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hundred/stephen-hawking/#itemlist", "name": "9 Hundred Quotes By Stephen Hawking", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the-only-civilization-within/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/stephen-hawking-389_civilization_i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the_2385973.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/stephen-hawking-389_civilization_i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the_2385973.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/stephen-hawking-389_civilization_i-think-it-quite-likely-that-we-are-the_2385973.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we…” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the-last-hundred-years-but-if-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/stephen-hawking-389_future_we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the_2699336.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/stephen-hawking-389_future_we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the_2699336.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/stephen-hawking-389_future_we-have-made-remarkable-progress-in-the_2699336.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in…” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. 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