Quotes by Stephen William Hawking
| A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.' The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the turtle standing on' 'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the little old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.' |
| It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. |
| To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. |
| My goal is simple. It is the complete understanding of the Universe. |
| God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them. |
| It matters if you just don't give up. |
