Stephen Hawking Quotes

Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.
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Discover Satisfaction Science Sex
We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.
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Development Humour Intelligence Life Meet Ourselves Want
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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Ability Adapt Business Change Intelligence One Liner
What I meant by ‘we would know the mind of God’ is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn’t. I’m an atheist.
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Atheist God Mind
Time and space are finite in extent, but they don’t have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions.
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Boundary Earth Physics Space Surface Time
Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
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Funny Life One Liner Terrible Wisdom
Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
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Funny Happiness Humour Life Man Marriage
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
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Appreciation Bonus Expectation Gratitude Healing Strength
Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.
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Crazy Curiosity Inspirational One Liner World
Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.
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Computer Freedom Mind Speak
Why do we remember the past, but not the future?
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Deep Future Healing Inspirational Past Remember
I’ve noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.
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Believe Cross Fate Fear People Street
The universe doesn’t allow perfection.
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Allow One Liner Perfection Universe
The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.
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Logic Marriage Wise
Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
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Bring Humour Relative Success
Quiet people have the loudest minds.
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Entrepreneur Loud Mind One Liner People Quiet
If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
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Future Inspirational Possible Time Tourist Travel
Look up at the stars, not down at your feet.
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Feet Inspirational One Liner Stars
While there’s life, there is hope.
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Hope Inspirational Life One Liner
What I have learned from life is to make the most of what you have got.
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Dedication Inspirational Learning Life Work Hard
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world’s population.
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People Population Show Survey World
So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
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Complain Imperfection Inspirational Mistake Reality Time
What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?
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Creation Divine Funny God Hell People
I would rather be right than rigorous.
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Inspirational One Liner Positive Right Rigor
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.
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Direction Future Giving Increase Past Time
It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.
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Creation God Reason Universe
I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.
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Biography Fame Privacy Property Public Writing

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