I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date.… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe---a planet that is not too hot and not… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions? — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up — 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
“But ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense.… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
This required abandoning the idea that there is a universal quantity called time that all clocks measure. Instead, everyone would have his… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I don't know what my IQ is. People who gloat about their IQ's are losers — 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
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