Stephen Hawking Quotes

Once I wept for I had no shoes. Then I met a man with no feet, so I took his shoes. I mean, it wasn't as if he was going to need them.

We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.

While there's life, there is hope.

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.

The increase of disorder or entropy with time is one example of what is called an arrow of time, something that distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.

One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist

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

Women. They are a complete mystery.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

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

Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.

I’m not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

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

A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.

There is no unique picture of reality.

Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.

I'd say I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid He might hear me.

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

One can't prove that God doesn't exist. But science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

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.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

We waste time, so you don't have to.

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

Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.

Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up

I don't know what my IQ is. People who gloat about their IQ's are losers

If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well.

Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?

If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.

I like physics, but I love cartoons.

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.

To boldly go where no one has gone before

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.

It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors, and Einstein was smarter than his parents.

Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

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