Quotes from Stephen Hawking

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions.

Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.

Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.

You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors, and Einstein was smarter than his parents.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.

One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics.

Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

We won't know for a few years.

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.

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.

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

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.

Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.