Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.
STEPHEN HAWKINGOur only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.
STEPHEN HAWKINGScience is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations.
STEPHEN HAWKINGThe human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves.
STEPHEN HAWKINGMankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.
STEPHEN HAWKINGPeople who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
STEPHEN HAWKINGWe are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.
STEPHEN HAWKINGA person who smiles in the face of adversity, probably has a scapegoat.
STEPHEN HAWKINGIt is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.
STEPHEN HAWKINGI’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die.
STEPHEN HAWKINGThere is no unique picture of reality.
STEPHEN HAWKINGIf time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
STEPHEN HAWKINGThe universe doesn’t allow perfection.
STEPHEN HAWKINGOne is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.
STEPHEN HAWKINGI’d say I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid He might hear me.
STEPHEN HAWKINGThere should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
STEPHEN HAWKINGWhat I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science.
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