Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director

Lived from: 1942 - 2018

Category: Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 8 january 1942 Died: 14 march 2018

  • Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.
  • I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

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  • However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
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  • Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.
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  • I have wondered about time all my life.
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  • I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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  • Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking.
    British Telecom advertentie (1993)
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  • A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
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  • Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.
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  • As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone.
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  • Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
    Stephen Hawking: A Biography (2005) by Kristine Larsen
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  • Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.
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  • Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.
    A Brief History of Time (1988)
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  • God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.
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  • I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.
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  • I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.
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  • I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.
    The New York Times (12 December 2004)
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  • I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
    Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (1993)
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  • I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.
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  • I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.
    The Illustrated Brief History of Time , voorwoord
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  • I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
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  • I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
    The Guardian (15 May 2011)
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What are the most famous quotes from Stephen Hawking?

The two most famous quotes from Stephen Hawking are:

  • "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
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  • "Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.
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When did Stephen Hawking live?

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 and died in the year 2018.