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"40 Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 8 January 1942. Died: 14 March 2018 | Theoretical physicist | Cosmologist | Author |

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Work Give you Meaning Purpose
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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.

Look up The star Your feet Make sense
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Difficult life May seem Always something Can do
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Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

Values Give rise Universes Very beautiful
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God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.

God Plays dice Sometimes throw Be seen
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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.

In danger Destroying ourselves Our greedy Increasingly polluted
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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.

Computer viruses Should court As life Human nature
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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.

Are grounds Cautious optimism Ultimate laws Nature
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Intelligence The ability Adapt Change
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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Even people Claim everything Is predestined Change it
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I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.
Human race Will survive Thousand years We spread
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Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

Was horrible The survival Human race Nuclear weapons
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There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.

Many accident Befall life Single planet
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

Intelligent life Might develop
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There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

No heaven Broken down Computers Fairy story
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We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Greatest value Our action
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Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Scientist The bearers Discovery Our quest
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I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

I believe Universal health care Not afraid
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Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

Science A discipline Reason Romance
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My work and my family are very important to me.

My work My family Important
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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

I believe Everyone Broad picture Universe operate
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I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

Nuclear fusion Practical Power source Inexhaustible supply
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Women.They are a complete mystery.

Women Complete mystery
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People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

People Have time For you Always angry
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Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualize 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four.

Evolution Has ensured Our brains Equipped
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We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

Have solved The mystery creation Should patent Universe
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The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy.

Human race Intelligent beings The galaxy
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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.

Science Is beautiful Simple explanations Phenomena
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I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

Grew up Thinking Research scientist Natural thing
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The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

The past The future Is indefinite A spectrum
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What was God doing before the divine creation?

God doing Divine creation
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I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

I believe Things Make themselves Impossible
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I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth

I believe Alien life Quite common Intelligent life
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Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.

Most people Have time To master Mathematical details
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Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

Time Can behave Another direction In space
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Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

Throughout history People Have studied Pure science
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The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.

Cyclic universe Theory Predict no Gravitational waves
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The universe is not indifferent to our existence - it depends on it.

The universe Not indifferent Our existence
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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Keeping An active mind Been vital My survival
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Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

Science Lift people Poverty Cure disease
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Stephen Hawking Quotes & Sayings