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
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“The true miracle is that abstract considerations of logic lead to a unique theory that predicts and describes a vast universe full… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.' — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Before we understood science, it was natural to believe that God created the universe, but now science offers a more convincing explanation."… — 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
Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I… — 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
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
“[...] Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
[Question: Do you feel that scientists correct themselves as often as they should?] More often than politicians, but not as often as… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you ever meet your antiself, don't shake hands! You… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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
No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one… — 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
So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that 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