Stephen Hawking Quotes

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

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

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

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

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.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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.

Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

We are only the temporary custodians of the particles which we are made of. They will go on to lead a future existence in the enormous universe that made them

If at first you don't succeed, try management.

The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.

Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.

Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.

We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?

I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

The universe doesn't allow perfection.

Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.

What I have learned from life is to make the most of what you have got.

The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

I don't fear God- I fear His believers.

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

It matters that you don't just give up.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Theology is unnecessary.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?

We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space.

Look up at the stars, not down at your feet.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen.

Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

I'm really easy to get along with once you see it my way.