Quotes of: Stephen-hawking Keyword

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Aristotle

First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.

Andre Weil

Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one.

Andrew Wiles

I realized that anything to do with Fermat's Last Theorem generates too much interest.

Andrew Wiles

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

Imre Lakatos

Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.

Shakuntala Devi

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.

Werner Heisenberg

Our friend has a creed; and the main tenet of that creed is: There is no God, and is his prophet.

Wolfgang Pauli

One man's observation is another man's closed book or flight of fancy.

Willard Van Orman Quine

The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.

Willard Van Orman Quine

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

Willard Van Orman Quine

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

William Howard Taft

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.

James Nasmyth

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

Tom Lehrer

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Benjamin Spock

The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the Administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the most distinguished women in the world is empty.

Margaret Geller

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Critique of Pure Reason

I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.

On Certainty

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Cosmos