Misattributed Stephen Hawking Quotes

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. ~ Daniel J. Boorstin

If the total energy of the universe must always remain zero, and it costs energy to create a body, how can a whole universe be created from nothing? ~ Stephen Hawking

We've created life in our own image. ~ Stephen Hawking

Single photons are not usually evident, but in the laboratory we can produce a beam of light so faint that it consists of a stream of single photons, which we can detect as individuals just as we can detect individual electrons or buckyballs. And we can repeat Young's experiment employing a beam sufficiently sparse that the photons reach the barrier one at a time, with a few seconds between each arrival. If we do that, and then add up all the individual impacts recorded by the screen on the far side of the barrier, we find that together they build up the same interference pattern that would be built up if we performed the Davisson-Germer experiment but fired the electrons (or buckyballs) at the screen one at a time. To physicists, that was a startling revelation: If individual particles interfere with themselves, then the wave nature of light is the property not just of a beam or of a large collection of photons but of the individual particles. ~ Stephen Hawking

Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. ~ Stephen Hawking

It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us ~ Stephen Hawking

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

DNA passes the blueprints of life between generations. Ever more complex life forms input information from sensors such as eyes and ears and process the information in brains or other systems to figure out how to act and then act on the world, by outputting information to muscles, for example. As some point during our 13.8 billion years of cosmic history, something beautiful happened. This information processing got so intelligent that life forms became conscious. Our universe has now awoken, becoming aware of itself. I regard it a triumph that we, who are ourselves mere stardust, have come to such a detailed understanding of the universe in which we live. ~ Stephen Hawking

If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we are the only intellegent beings in the galaxy we should make sure we survive and continue ... Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth but to spread out into space. We have maderemarkable progress in the last hundred years. But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years, our future is in space. ~ Stephen Hawking

It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious. ~ Stephen Hawking

Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible. ~ Stephen Hawking

One of the great revelations of the space age has been the perspective it has given humanity on ourselves. When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole. We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message; one planet, one human race. ~ Stephen Hawking

I'm never any good in the morning. It is only after four in the afternoon that I get going. ~ Stephen Hawking

If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more than slightly different values, life as we know it could not exist ... ~ Stephen Hawking

Working with my father [Stephen Hawking ] is a great thrill - he has the amazing ability to hold enormous amounts of information in his head. ~ Stephen Hawking

In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years? ~ Stephen Hawking

You can't afford to be disabled in spirit as well as physically. People won't have time for you. ~ Stephen Hawking

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. ~ Stephen Hawking

The book which I read by Stephen Hand, Freedy VS Jason, was incrediable. I also check out and the book Zodiac, again an incrediable story. The Stand by Stephen King was again on incrediable story, a long book and film, but incrediable!
Theory of Everything where it put it me I still can't believe, it was unique story, I had chance to see who is Stephen Hawking really! ~ Deyth Banger

God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God. ~ Stephen Hawking

Not only does God play dice but ... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. ~ Stephen Hawking

In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe
a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people
lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~ Stephen Hawking

God does not play dice. ~ Stephen Hawking

Quiet people has the loudest minds. ~ Stephen Hawking

Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. ~ Stephen Hawking

TEAMWORK ... means never having to take all the blame yourself. ~ Stephen Hawking

Beating Newt Gingrich in a popularity contest is like beating Stephen Hawking in 'Dancing with the Stars.' ~ Bill Maher

Stephen Hawking said that his quest is simply "trying to understand the mind of God". ~ Stephen Hawking

Another prediction of general relativity is that time should appear to run slower near a massive body like the earth. ~ Stephen Hawking

I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away. ~ Stephen Hawking

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions. ~ Stephen Hawking

I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well ... At times I thought he was me. ~ Stephen Hawking

Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. ~ Stephen Hawking

I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos? ~ Stephen Hawking

A blanket could be used to study the stars more thoroughly. I don't know how exactly, because I'm not Stephen Hawking. Somebody get me a wheelchair. ~ Jarod Kintz

I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer. ~ Stephen Hawking

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge. ~ Stephen Hawking