More Quotes by Stephen Hawking
If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? But we cannot distinguish what is real about the universe without a theory. It makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality, because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory.
If at first you don't succeed, try management.
remember to look up at the stars
Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.
Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
contains on average some one hundred billion stars. If a star were a grain of salt, you could fit all the stars visible to the naked eye on a teaspoon, but all the stars in the universe would fill a ball more than eight miles wide.
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date. Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge, and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area. The rest of the population has little idea of the advances that are being made or the excitement they are generating.
It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.
