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
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Now, radical forward thinking is offering hope for the future: Replacement body parts to order. A team of scientists in California believe… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It should soon be possible dramatically to increase the intelligence and life span of a few individuals. They and their offspring could… — 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
[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
It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I’m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least I’m… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
"Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. However bad life may seem, there is always hope. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow like a hot body, it would be… — 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