Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“There is no unique picture of reality.”

“There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity.”

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

“I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy.”

“Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.”

“People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”

“So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?”

“What was God doing before the divine creation?”

“Exploration by real people inspires us.”

“We should seek the greatest value of our action.”