Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings (Page 12)

“In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.”

“When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore.”

“My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that medicine was too vague and inexact, so I chose physics.”

“I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations.”

“Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big enough for a human or even a spaceship to enter.”

“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.”

“Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.”

“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”

“One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.”

“I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.”