The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.
STEPHEN HAWKINGThe thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
More Stephen Hawking Quotes
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I would rather be right than rigorous.
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
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The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves.
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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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The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
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One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.
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When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots.
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Once I wept for I had no shoes. Then I met a man with no feet, so I took his shoes. I mean, it wasn’t as if he was going to need them.
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One can’t prove that God doesn’t exist. But science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a creator.
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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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There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
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Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
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We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
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