“Each exists for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe.” — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I am damned if I'm going to die before I have unraveled more of the universe — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If the total energy of the universe must always remain zero, and it costs energy to create a body, how can a… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in… — 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
In fact, if one considers the possible constants and laws that could have emerged, the odds against a universe that produced life… — 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
We are only the temporary custodians of the particles which we are made of. They will go on to lead a future… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If everything in the universe depends upon everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a… — 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
One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. On the other hand, if the universe… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If it [the universe] was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs… — 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
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
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The moment you understand the whole Universe, is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God's mind works — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
A million million million million (1 with twenty-four zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist…Without imperfection, neither you nor I… — 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… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
According to 'M' theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, 'M' theory predicts that a great many universes were created out… — 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 universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“In an infinite universe, every point can be regarded as the center, because every point has an infinite number of stars on… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. — 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
“events before the big bang can have no consequences, so they should not form part of a scientific model of the universe.” — 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
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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