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One Quotes by Stephen Hawking
- When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have
- What could define God, [is thinking of God] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think…
- One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would…
- The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more…
- One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and…
- One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. On the other hand, if the universe is expanding, there…
- It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People…
- One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint of…
- Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. Although the universe doesn't have an…
- The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among…
- To boldly go where no one has gone before
- "With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow…
- In fact, if one considers the possible constants and laws that could have emerged, the odds against a universe that produced life like ours are…
- 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 we…
- This required abandoning the idea that there is a universal quantity called time that all clocks measure. Instead, everyone would have his own personal time.…
- One big contribution my father [Stephen Hawking] has made is to show that having a disability does not bar you from leading a full and…
- Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into…
- One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
- Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
- Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that…
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