Author of quotes: Stephen Hawking. Page 2

All my life I was amazed at the major issues that we face, and tried to find them the scientific answer. Maybe that's why I sold more books about physics than Madonna about sex.

We can associate the order with the name of the Lord, but it would be an impersonal God. In the laws of physics no personal characteristics.

The equation is the boring part of mathematics. I'm trying to look at things in terms of geometry.

My goal is very simple. I want to understand the universe, why it is arranged so as arranged, and why we're here.

Maybe I'm good at something. But I'm no Einstein.

One has only to look at themselves, to imagine how intelligent life might develop into something we would not want to deal with.

Life would be tragic if it wasn't so funny.

Science fiction can be useful - it stimulates the imagination and gets rid of the fear of the future. However, the scientific facts can be much more striking. Science fiction had not even imagined the existence of such things as black holes.

I believe in God, in God you mean the embodiment of those forces which govern the Universe.

If you feel yourself falling into a black hole, don't give up. There is a solution.

We can see how a Cup falls off the table and broken into fragments but we never see how the Cup is formed and returned to the table. The increase of disorder or entropy distinguishes the past from the future and in this way gives time a definite direction.

If you understand how the universe functions, then, in a certain sense, we can manage it.

In ten years many of us may even prefer a virtual life in the Network, creating Cybertrust and building virtual relationships.

We should not be surprised that the Universe suitable for life - it is not a proof that the universe was designed for life.