Quotes of: Hawking Keyword

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the grooves

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Max Born

What we usually consider as impossible are simply engineering problems... there's no law of physics preventing them.

Michio Kaku

Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it.

Michio Kaku

When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

Michio Kaku

I think Newton would be the greatest scientist who ever lived.

Michio Kaku

There's no reason why we cannot become smarter, more perfect, and maybe even live longer.

Michio Kaku

The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

Michael J. Kannengieser

In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time.

Michio Kaku

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Maria Mitchell

I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.

Maria Mitchell

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

Maria Mitchell

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

Maria Mitchell

The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Maria Mitchell

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.

Rudy Rucker

On 'Black Hawk Down,' I was employing 1,000 Muslims. 'Kingdom of Heaven,' same deal except bigger, probably 1,500 Muslims.

Ridley Scott

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

Max Planck

We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.

Martin Ryle

I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.

Marcus du Sautoy