Stephen Hawking

Country United Kingdom
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes 55
Physicist
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God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. Uncategorized
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. Uncategorized
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Uncategorized
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. Uncategorized
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. Uncategorized
Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do. Uncategorized
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. Uncategorized
We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. Uncategorized
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. Uncategorized
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. Uncategorized
We 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. Uncategorized
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. Uncategorized
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. Uncategorized