Stephen Hawking Quotes

Stephen Hawking Quotes

    • It was amazing. The zero-G part was wonderful and the higher-G part was no problem. I could have gone on and on. Space, here I come!
    • I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space


    • 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.
    • 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.
    • All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion.
    • When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.
    • 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.


    • Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
    • It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
    • To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.


    • Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
    • 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.
    • The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.