I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe. — 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
The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. — 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
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
God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator. — 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
In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics.… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description… — 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
Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Or in other words, why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands? — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It is the blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We… — 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
We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Today will still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification… — 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
