"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 sp...
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
More Stephen Hawking quotes
"The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a...
"The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a Grand Designer, and revealing how the...
"Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp s...
"It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
"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...
"Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
"t is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial a...
"Stephen Hawking said that his quest is simply "trying to understand the mind of God".
"There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will w...
"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk a...
"Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.
"So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundar...
"What place, then, for a creator?
"It is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial ...