Stephen Hawking quotes

Stephen Hawking was a renowned British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Famous for his work on black holes and the nature of the universe, his book "A Brief History of Time" became an international bestseller. He inspired millions by overcoming a severe physical disability while contributing significantly to science. Here are 234 of his quotes:

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. (Stephen Hawking)

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

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Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

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I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

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

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There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win, because it works.

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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.

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It matters if you don't just give up.

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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. (Stephen Hawking)

If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?

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If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.

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So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

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If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.

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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.

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One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

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I still believe there are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.

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What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary. (Stephen Hawking)

Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four.

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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 won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

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God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them.

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Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.

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Stephen Hawking

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Occupation: British Physicist
Born: January 8, 1942
Died: March 14, 2018
Quotes count: 234
Wikipedia: Stephen Hawking

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