It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist. Stephen Hawking More Quotes by Stephen Hawking More Quotes From Stephen Hawking So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the Universe is really completely self-contained, it would have neither beginning or end, it would simply be. What place then for a creator? Stephen Hawking selfsciencelong The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it's extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life. Stephen Hawking starsnumbersideas Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called nominalist, an instrumentalist, a positivist, a realist, and several other ists. The technique seems refutation by denigration: If you can attach a label to my approach, you don't have to say what is wrong with it... I am sure that Einstein, Heisenberg and Dirac didn't worry about whether they were realists or instrumentalists. Stephen Hawking techniqueworryscience Women. They are a complete mystery. Stephen Hawking mystery We live in the most probable of all possible worlds. Stephen Hawking scienceworld I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. Stephen Hawking not-afraidwantfirsts 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? Stephen Hawking citiesviewsreality I don't know what my IQ is. People who gloat about their IQ's are losers Stephen Hawking loserknowspeople If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. Stephen Hawking finding-loveluckyaliens In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years? Stephen Hawking raceworldyears A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. Stephen Hawking arbitraryclasstwo There is no unique picture of reality. Stephen Hawking uniquereality 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. Stephen Hawking bangspowerfulcooking I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left. Stephen Hawking privacywantwriting I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective. Stephen Hawking perspectiveshould-havebelieve Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population. Stephen Hawking populationpeopleworld Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen. Stephen Hawking datingplayscience Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool. Stephen Hawking fool-proofprooffool My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit, as well as physically. Stephen Hawking regretadvicepeople We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space. Stephen Hawking progressspaceyears
