Quotes from Stephen Hawking

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

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

In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.

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.

We have only to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

My work and my family are very important to me.