I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning. — 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
God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator. — 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
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
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
“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
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
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for… — 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
One can't prove that God doesn't exist. But science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the… — 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… — 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 question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you… — 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
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
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. — 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
“I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark” — 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
The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science does not deny religion, it just offers a simpler alternative. — 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
The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
“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
[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
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
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
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
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
“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
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
“Empedocles noticed that if you cover the neck before you immerse it, a clepsydra does not fill. He reasoned that something invisible must be… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
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… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share
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