Quote

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

Stephen Hawking

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Autobiographer
Cosmologist
Mathematician
Non-Fiction Writer
Pedagogue
Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
Hawking
Stephen William Hawking
S. W. Hawking
Would
Rare
Life
Intelligent
Stupid
Common
Universe
Science
Occur
Earth
Fairly
May
Primitive

More quotes by Stephen Hawking

Image
If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.
Stephen Hawking
Image
I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well... At times I thought he was me.
Stephen Hawking
Image
There is a very real danger that we will kill everything on this planet now that we have the technological power to do so.
Stephen Hawking
Image
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
Stephen Hawking
Image
Theology is unnecessary.
Stephen Hawking
Image
We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?
Stephen Hawking
Image
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.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Half the battle is just showing up.
Stephen Hawking
Image
At times, I get very lonely because people are afraid to talk to me or don't wait for me to write a response. I'm shy and tongue-tied at times. I find it difficult to talk to people who I don't know.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention.
Stephen Hawking
Image
The concern here is that financial services become a kind of tech-led Wild West.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Maxwell is the physicist's physicist.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.
Stephen Hawking
Image
If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.
Stephen Hawking
Image
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.
Stephen Hawking
Image
I don't fear God- I fear His believers.
Stephen Hawking
Image
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
Stephen Hawking