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
I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America. — 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
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 uncertainty principle signaled an end to Laplace's dream of a theory of science, a model of the universe that would be… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“The people who actually make the advances in theoretical physics don't think in these categories that the philosophers and the historians of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. — 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
God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no… — 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
A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“A scientific law is not a scientific law, if it holds only when some supernatural being decides not to intervene” — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Any one cant prove that God doesn't exist but science makes God unnecessary — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Some people would claim that things like love, joy and beauty belong to a different category from science and can't be described… — 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
