Quotes by Stephen Hawking

About Stephen Hawking:

Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthes...

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As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control.

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We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus." [ ( , December 12, 2004)]

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When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the big bang, so there is no time for god to make the universe in. It’s like asking directions to the edge of the eart...

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I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the...

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Stephen Hawking said that his quest is simply "trying to understand the mind of God".

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I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street

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Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.

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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.

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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 wor...

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t is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics a...

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I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark

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There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. (...) However bad life may seem (...) While there’s life, there is hope.

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[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

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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 wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

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It is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics ...

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Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It mat...

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

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What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God...

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why are we here? where do we come from? traditionally,these are questions for philosophy,but philosophy is dead

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Author Bio

  • NameStephen Hawking
  • DescriptionBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
  • AliasesStephen William Hawking
  • BornJanuary 8, 1942
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTheoretical Physicist; Cosmologist; Astrophysicist; Mathematician; Astronomer; Educationist; Science Writer
  • AwardsAlbert Einstein Medal; Wolf Prize In Physics; Copley Medal; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Fundamental Physics Prize; Order Of The Companions Of Honour; Eddington Medal; Dannie Heineman Prize For Mathematical Physics; Gold Medal Of The Royal Astronomical Society; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Naylor Prize And Lectureship; Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture; Hughes Medal; Royal Society Prizes For Science Books; Albert Medal; Franklin Medal; Lilienfeld Prize; Michelson–Morley Award; Fonseca Prize; Pius XI Medal; Maxwell Medal And Prize; Dirac Medal (IOP); Adams Prize; Andrew Gemant Award; The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal; NSS Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award; Princess Of Asturias Award - Concord; Honorary Degree; Doctor Honoris Causa