Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more. Stephen Hawking achievebadlycancer Change image and share on social
I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time. Stephen Hawking hatetimewaste Change image and share on social
Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - which seems unlikely, now, from the latest data showing accelerating expansion. Consciousness would come to an end at a singularity. Stephen Hawking acceleratebangbegin share on social
I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be. Stephen Hawking grownaturalresearch Change image and share on social
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. Stephen Hawking curiousexistfoot Change image and share on social
I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America. Stephen Hawking americabritainenthusiasm Change image and share on social
I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. Stephen Hawking humanracespace Change image and share on social
It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark. Stephen Hawking answercommitcreature share on social
There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. Stephen Hawking advancearrangementbrain Change image and share on social
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. Stephen Hawking astronomybabybear share on social