Stephen HawkingI thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well... At times I thought he was me. ✨ Santa Barbara Film Fest: 'Theory' Stars Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones Feted as … ▶371DeathThoughtTime
Stephen HawkingSomeone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. ✨ A Brief History of Time acknowledgments (1988)372ReadingTime
Stephen HawkingIn a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years? ✨ Hawking turns to Yahoo for answers to his big ques… ▶361HumanityPolitics
Stephen HawkingScience does not deny religion, it just offers a simpler alternative.361Love
Stephen HawkingIn his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe---a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the g… ▶361HumanityLifeReflection
Stephen HawkingScientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.372Truth
Stephen HawkingNot to leave planet Earth would be like castaways on a desert island not trying to escape...Sending humans to other planets ... will shape the future of the human race in ways we … ▶351HopeHumanityTime
Stephen HawkingThe real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like. ✨ Don’t Talk to Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking, www.foxnews.com. April 25, 2010.362Life
Stephen HawkingFor 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. 362HumanityPolitics
Stephen HawkingThe initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws of science. In either case, it would seem that everything … ▶373Politics
Stephen HawkingWe are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.362Humanity
Stephen HawkingThe laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future. ✨ A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes. Book by Stephen Hawking, 1988.374HopePoliticsReading
Stephen HawkingA few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides be… ▶353Truth
Stephen HawkingI put a lot of effort into writing 'A Briefer History' at a time when I was critically ill with pneumonia because I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work,… ▶364ThoughtTime
Stephen HawkingThere are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. ✨ Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking. Interview with Roger Highfield, www.telegraph.co.uk… ▶321HopeLife
Stephen HawkingWork gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. ✨ Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win' by Ki Mae Heussner, abcnews.go.com. June 7, 2010… ▶343LifePhilosophy
Stephen HawkingIt surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy worl… ▶343LifePhilosophy
Stephen HawkingWhen I was first diagnosed with ALS, I was given two years to live. Now 45 years later, I am doing pretty well.343Philosophy
Stephen HawkingReligion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.365Life
Stephen HawkingIf you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way. ✨ Stephen Hawking (2013). My Brief History, p.16, Bantam343Death
Stephen HawkingI've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.365Humanity
Stephen HawkingI don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. ✨ Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking. Interview with Roger High… ▶377HopeHumanityReading
Stephen HawkingMy goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. ✨ Stephen Hawking's Universe. Book by John Boslough, 198… ▶311Reading
Stephen HawkingA lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. ✨ Stephen Hawking (2009). A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Bla… ▶344ThoughtTime
Stephen HawkingWhy does the universe go to all the bother of existing? ✨ A Brief History of Time ch. 11 (1988)366Time
Stephen HawkingWe should seek the greatest value of our action. ✨ Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'. Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. … ▶322Truth
Stephen HawkingThe human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves311Humanity
Stephen HawkingOnly a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only those universes that are compatible with our existence. Although we… ▶344LifeReading
Stephen HawkingAmong physicists, I'm respected I hope.356Hope
Stephen HawkingScience is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.323Love
