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> [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/)

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> [I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, insignificant though we may be, we can reach a full understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/i-believe-in-the-possible-i-believe-small-though-we-are-insignificant/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/only-a-very-few-would-allow-creatures-like-us-to-exist-thus-our/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [ What could define God, \[is thinking of God\] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/what-could-define-god-is-thinking-of-god-as-the-embodiment-of-the/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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## Other authors on Insignificant

## 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/)

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