Stephen Hawking Quotes

Stephen Hawking is a world-renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, a post he has held since 1979.

After a bout of pneumonia in 1985, Hawking underwent a tracheotomy which left him unable to speak. Since then, he has used a voice synthesizer and a computer to communicate and to write his books. In 2004, Hawking upgraded his voice synthesizer hardware andsoftware.

• BBC News: Hawking takes zero-gravity flight (Quotes) (April 27, 2007)

• • 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

• ThinkExist.com: Stephen Hawking quotes

• • 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.

• BrainyQuote: Stephen Hawking quotes

• • 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.

• The Quotations Page: Stephen Hawking quotes

• • 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.