01UndatedYet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of our search for it! And why should it determine that we come to the right conclusions from the evidence? Might it not equally well determine that we draw the wrong conclusion? Or no conclusion at all?Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
02UndatedWhen one's expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
04UndatedLife on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
05UndatedWe lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat. In fact, a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours. I was away with my mother and sister at the time, but my father was in the house.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
06UndatedTime 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.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
07UndatedBefore 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities... space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
08UndatedI don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
09UndatedIf we want to travel into the future, we just need to go fast. Really fast. And I think the only way we're ever likely to do that is by going into space.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
10UndatedI think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
12UndatedTime can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
14UndatedI have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
16UndatedI regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
17UndatedThere is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
18UndatedThere is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
21UndatedSometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
22UndatedThere are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
23UndatedScience is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
24UndatedScience is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
