Stephen Hawking

Stephen HawkingStephen William Hawking (1942-2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

Stephen Hawking Quotes

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

—Stephen Hawking

Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.

—Stephen Hawking

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

—Stephen Hawking

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

—Stephen Hawking

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

—Stephen Hawking

It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.

—Stephen Hawking

However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there’s life, there’s hope.

—Stephen Hawking

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.

—Stephen Hawking

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.

—Stephen Hawking

Time and space are finite in extent, but they don’t have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions.

—Stephen Hawking

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die.

—Stephen Hawking