Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking More Quotes by Stephen Hawking More Quotes From Stephen Hawking My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. Stephen Hawking goalsimplescience One can't prove that God doesn't exist. But science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a creator. Stephen Hawking physicslawneeds I think the human race doesn't have a future if we don't go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond planet Earth if we are to have a long-term future. We cannot remain looking inward at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. We need to look outward to the wider universe. Stephen Hawking spaceracethinking Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator. Stephen Hawking creatoruniverseneeds What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions? Stephen Hawking hellcreationpeople Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world. Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in. Stephen Hawking civilizationorderpeople One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing. At night, the Earth is no longer dark, but large areas are lit up. All of this is evidence that human exploitation of the planet is reaching a critical limit. But human demands and expectations are ever-increasing. We cannot continue to pollute the atmosphere, poison the ocean and exhaust the land. There isn't any more available. Stephen Hawking oceandarknight In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder. Stephen Hawking populationlastsyears We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. Stephen Hawking greedstupiditydanger I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible. Stephen Hawking evidencetime-travel I'm here to chew gum and kick some ass, and I'm all out of gum. Stephen Hawking gumasskicks The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or a partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all. Stephen Hawking territorysurvivalmay When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break. Stephen Hawking toughcoffeenaps A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat. Stephen Hawking inspirational-officeadversityfaces Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer. Stephen Hawking maydiscoverysex It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. Stephen Hawking lossyearsthinking I'd say I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid He might hear me. Stephen Hawking believe-in-godmightbelieve Once I wept for I had no shoes. Then I met a man with no feet, so I took his shoes. I mean, it wasn't as if he was going to need them. Stephen Hawking shoesmenmean If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we are the only intellegent beings in the galaxy we should make sure we survive and continue. . . . Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth but to spread out into space. We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years. But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years, our future is in space. Stephen Hawking moontwoyears I'm really easy to get along with once you see it my way. Stephen Hawking my-wayeasyway
