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Stephen Hawking



Stephen Hawking



English cosmologist and physicist


Quotes

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
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.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Der Spiegel, 1989
I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.
Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005
If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.
Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005
It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005


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