Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Stephen Hawking quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased physicist born on Jan 8, 1942). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 125 we have for him.
“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.”
“I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.”
“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.”
“The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.”
“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.”
“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.”
“If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form.”
“A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?”
“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.”
“Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.”
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