More Quotes by Stephen Hawking
It is like a drinking straw. The surface of a straw is two-dimensional. However, one direction is curled up into a small circle, so that from a distance the straw looks like a one-dimensional line.
What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.
The basic assumption of science is scientific determinism.
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.
When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots.
I've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.
The laws of physics demand the existence of something called ‘negative energy’.
The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.
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.
Half the battle is just showing up.
