Famous Quotes by Stephen Hawking

“I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark”

“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.”

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

We are all now connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

The universe doesn't allow perfection.

If you find yourself in love with someone, and you are not sure about it, don’t hesitate to ask them out. It’s the best adventure you can have.

I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I think the next century will be the century of complexity.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

You may be a king or a street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.

The only black hole I would want to visit is one that is very far away.

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.