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
We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money… — 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
“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
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
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and… — 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
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
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
So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see… — 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
The life we have on Earth must have spontaneously generated itself. It must therefore be possible for life to generate spontaneously elsewhere… — 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
What could define God, [is thinking of God] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think the human race doesn't have a future if we don't go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond… — 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. Although the universe… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“But ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved… — 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
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists… — 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
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
The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Being confined to a wheelchair doesn't bother me as my mind is free to roam the universe, but it felt wonderful to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of… — 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
A million million million million (1 with twenty-four zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe. — 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 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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