Stephen Hawking Quotes

• So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

  Stephen Hawking

  Stars, Giving Up, Feet

  "Stephen Hawking: physics would be 'more interesting' if Higgs boson hadn't been found" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. November 12, 2013.

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• We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

  Stephen Hawking

  Bigs, Big Things, Capable

  "Hawking", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

  Stephen Hawking

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Quiet people have the loudest minds.

  Stephen Hawking

  Quiet People, Fearless, Mind

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• However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

  Stephen Hawking

  May, Succeed, Inspiring Movie

  "Prof Stephen Hawking too unwell to deliver own 70th birthday speech" by Nick Collins, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 8, 2012.

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  I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

  Stephen Hawking

  Life, Change, Philosophy

  Stephen W. Hawking (1993). “Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays”, Bantam

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

  Stephen Hawking

  Crazy, Smart, People

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• It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

  Stephen Hawking

  Mistake, Perfect, Perfection

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• One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist

  Stephen Hawking

  Perfect, Universe, Perfection

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  It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

  Stephen Hawking

  Asking Why, People, Important

  "Q & A: Stephen Hawking and daughter Lucy". Today interview, www.today.com. November 2, 2007.

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• When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots.

  Stephen Hawking

  Idiot, Proof, Made

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• It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful.

  Stephen Hawking

  Motivational, Atheist, Believe

  YouTube Chanel "stepore"/ "Stephen Hawking There is no God. There is no Fate.", www.youtube.com. August 15, 2011.

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• I don't fear God- I fear His believers.

  Stephen Hawking

  Fear God, Believer

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• Half the battle is just showing up.

  Stephen Hawking

  Battle, Half, Showing Up

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• One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

  Stephen Hawking

  Love, Life, Stars

  "Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win'" by Ki Mae Heussner, abcnews.go.com. June 07, 2010.

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• Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

  Stephen Hawking

  Reading, More Knowledge

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• The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

  Stephen Hawking

  Past, Possibility, Future Possibilities

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• What I have learned from life is to make the most of what you have got.

  Stephen Hawking

  Life, Life Is, I Have Learned

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• Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

  Stephen Hawking

  Needs, Obstacles, Disability

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• Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.

  Stephen Hawking

  Fool Proof, Fool, Proof

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• What is important is that we have the ability to create.

  Stephen Hawking

  Important, Ability

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• The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.

  Stephen Hawking

  Forget, Logical, Bother

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• Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.

  Stephen Hawking

  Crazy, World, Curious

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

  Stephen Hawking

  Funny, Science, Intelligent

  "Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens". news.bbc.co.uk. April 25, 2010.

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• Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.

  Stephen Hawking

  Jobs, Giving, Done

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