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Would Be Quotes by Stephen Hawking
- If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the warming process might…
- 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…
- My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes…
- We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow…
- I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races…
- If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much…
- 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…
- It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who…
- Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If…
- It [AI] would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't…
- Not to leave planet Earth would be like castaways on a desert island not trying to escape...Sending humans to other planets ... will shape the…
- Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
- To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
- If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.
- I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned…
- Not to take this web of dualities as a sign we are on the right track would be a bit like believing that God put…
- The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life…
- One could say: "The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary." The universe would be completely self-contained and not affected by…
- Time and space are finite in extent, but they don't have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but…
- We believe human begins have existed for only a small fraction of cosmic history, because human race has been improving so rapidly in knowledge and…
- We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.
More Would Be Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. — David Attenborough
- I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think… — David Attenborough
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. — Margaret Atwood
- We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for… — Margaret Atwood
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — Saint Augustine
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius