Able Quote by Stephen Hawking

“... if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists.…

— Stephen Hawking

“Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence?…

— Stephen Hawking

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…

— Stephen Hawking

“Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence?…

— Stephen Hawking

“It turns out to be very difficult to devise a theory to describe the universe all in one go. Instead, we break the problem…

— Stephen Hawking

I don't think about a theory of everything when I do my research. And even if we knew the ultimate underlying theory, how are…

— Lisa Randall

“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

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

— Stephen Hawking

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

We seek an understanding of the laws of nature and of our particular universe in which everything makes sense to us. We do not…

— Sean M. Carroll

Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist.…

— Stephen Hawking

If we always thought like that, why would we study physics, why would we think of cosmology, why would we do any kind of…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen