I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
-- Stephen Hawking
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
-- Stephen Hawking
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
-- Stephen Hawking
For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.
-- Stephen Hawking
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
-- Stephen Hawking
If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist.
-- Stephen Hawking
In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder.
-- Stephen Hawking
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