Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. He was born on 8 January 1942.
Following are the top 50 Stephen Hawking Quotes with inspiring images.
Stephen Hawking Quotes
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”
“Some people would claim that things like love, joy and beauty belong to a different category from science and can’t be described in scientific terms, but I think they can now be explained by the theory of evolution.”
“If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He’s everything that I’m not.”
“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.”
“Mankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become a reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.”
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”
“People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”
“In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians.”
“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.”
“I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.”
“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.”
“In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the centre of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of the millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.”
“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain to look inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”
“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”
“Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humour.”
“Time travel used to be thought of as science fiction, but Einstein’s theory of general relativity allows the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could fly off in a rocket and return before you set out. Unfortunately, it is likely that the warping would destroy the spaceship and maybe the space-time, itself.”
“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you from doing well and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” Funny Stephen Hawking Meme
“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.”
“I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.”
“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.”
“I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me because my nickname was ‘Einstein.’”
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”
“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.”
“If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.”
“God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God.”
“It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven’t done badly. People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”
“Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
“I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.”
“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.”
“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.”
“We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.”
“I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.”
“The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.”
“So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.”
“Women. They are a complete mystery.”With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code.”
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach. If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”
“We are all different, but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it’s human nature that we adapt and survive.”
“It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.”
“People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”
“Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein’s general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.”
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”
“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.”
“The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy.”
“Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.”
“I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.”
“I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.”
“Aggression, humanity’s greatest vice, will destroy civilization.”
“We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.”
“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.” Cool Things about Stephen Hawking
“Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease from which I and many others suffer. The fact that the cells may come from embryos is not an objection, because the embryos are going to die anyway.”
“Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.”
