Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who lived from 1942 to 2018. He is renowned for his scientific work on Black Holes. Hawking also wrote a number of books of popular science, such as “A Brief History of Time” (1988).
This is a collection of quotes by Stephen Hawking.
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A neutron walks into a bar and asks "how much for a beer?" The bartender says, "for you? no charge."Stephen Hawking
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.Stephen Hawking
Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.Stephen Hawking
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.Stephen Hawking
Black holes aren't as black as they are painted.Stephen Hawking
Source: Illustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.Stephen Hawking
Eternity is an awful long time, especially towards the end.Stephen Hawking
Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.Stephen Hawking
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. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.Stephen Hawking
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.Stephen Hawking
I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.Stephen Hawking
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.Stephen Hawking
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.Stephen Hawking
I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.Stephen Hawking
I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away.Stephen Hawking
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.Stephen Hawking
I have wondered about time all my life.Stephen Hawking
I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people.Stephen Hawking
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Stephen Hawking
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 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.Stephen Hawking
I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein'.Stephen Hawking
I'm an atheist.Stephen Hawking
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.Stephen Hawking
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. We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.Stephen Hawking
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