"The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes."
-- Stephen Hawking in "Reality on the Rocks" TV series
-- Stephen Hawking in "Reality on the Rocks" TV series
"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."
-- Hawking in his book "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays"
-- Hawking in his book "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays"
"Yeah, well, there are some people who spend an awful lot of time talking about the interpretation of quantum mechanics. My attitude -- I would paraphrase Goering -- is that when I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun."
-- Hawking in the book "The Whole Shebang"
-- Hawking in the book "The Whole Shebang"
"What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary."
-- Hawking in newsmagazine Der Spiegel
-- Hawking in newsmagazine Der Spiegel
"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."
-- Hawking in newsmagazine Der Spiegel
-- Hawking in newsmagazine Der Spiegel
"I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars."
-- Hawking in the Daily Telegraph
-- Hawking in the Daily Telegraph
"Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking."
-- Hawking in a British Telecom advertisement
-- Hawking in a British Telecom advertisement
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