The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it. Stephen Hawking on alone
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. Stephen Hawking on beauty
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 on change
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking on change
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. Stephen Hawking on change
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. Stephen Hawking on computers
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. Stephen Hawking on computers
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. Stephen Hawking on computers
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. Stephen Hawking on death
My work and my family are very important to me. Stephen Hawking on family
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. Stephen Hawking on funny
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. Stephen Hawking on god
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. Stephen Hawking on god
God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. Stephen Hawking on god
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 on good
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. Stephen Hawking on great
I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so. Stephen Hawking on health
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. Stephen Hawking on history
Among physicists, I'm respected I hope. Stephen Hawking on hope
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking on intelligence