Equations Quote by Stephen Hawking

“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire…

— Stephen Hawking

“Now, if you believe that the universe is not arbitrary, but is governed by definite laws, you ultimately have to combine the partial theories…

— Stephen Hawking

I think it laughable, frankly, that the physics community comes up with a theory for everything. There isn't one theory for everything. There is…

— Edgar Mitchell

“If infinities are signs of missing unification, a unified theory will have none. It will be what we call a finite theory, a theory…

— Lee Smolin

What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this new theory…

— Ken Wilber

A successful unification of quantum theory and relativity would necessarily be a theory of the universe as a whole. It would tell us, as…

— Lee Smolin

“Perhaps, then, the most surprising consequence of a visionary Theory of Everything is that it implies that on the grand scale the universe, including…

— Geoffrey West

“Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of…

— Stephen Hawking

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

— Walt Whitman

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model…

— Stephen Hawking

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.

— Brian Greene