740 Quotes by Stephen Hawking

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist

Când analizăm mai atent felul în care ne facem observațiile și ne construim concepte despre ceea ce ne înconjoară, ajugem să ne întrebăm dacă avem motive întemeiate să credem că există o realitate obiectivă.

Ne făurim concepte mentale despre căminul nostru, despre copaci, despre alți oameni, despre electricitatea care curge din prize, despre atomi, molecule și alte universuri. Aceste concepte mentale sunt singura realitate pe care o cunoaștem.

But physics and astronomy offered the hope of understanding where we came from and why we are here. I wanted to fathom the depths of the universe. Maybe I have succeeded to a small extent, but there's still plenty I want to know.