Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.”

“I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.”

“Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.”

“There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.”

“The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.”

“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.”

“Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.”