Stephen Hawking Quotes - Page 2

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn't exist before the Big Bang, so there is no time for God to make the universe in. It's like asking for directions to the edge of the earth; the earth is a sphere, it doesn't have an edge, so looking for it is a futile exercise.

Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.

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.

Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or a partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.

The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

I'm really easy to get along with once you see it my way.

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

I'd say I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid He might hear me.

If at first you don't succeed, try management.

Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.

What is important is that we have the ability to create.

Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

I’m not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?

Women. They are a complete mystery.