The best Quotes by Stephen Hawking

In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians.

Mathematics Chemistry Biology

Can you hear me? It has been a glorious time to be alive and doing research in theoretical physics. Our picture of the universe has changed a great deal in the last 50 years and I'm happy if I have made a small contribution. The fact that we humans who ourselves are mere collections of fundamental particals of nature, have been able to come this close to an understanding of the laws governing us in our universe, is a great triumph. I want to share my excitement and enthusiasm about this quest. So remember to look up at the stars - and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious! And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. Thank you for listening.

Last Words

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

Science Physics

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

Internet Brain

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Life

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

Science

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.

Fate & Destiny

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.

August 2011

Philosophy is dead. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

May 2011

Philosophy Science

I fear that AI may replace humans altogether. If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that replicates itself.

Artificial Intelligence

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically!

Disabilities

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Change Intelligence

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That girl is workin' harder than Stephen Hawking tryin' to put in a pair of cufflinks.

Earl Washington in 2 Broke Girls - Season 1 Episode 1

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A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 2

Books Mind & Apprehension Intelligence

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Natalie Portman

Intelligence Men & Women Singles & Dating

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Failures & Mistakes Intelligence

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Charles Bukowski

Foolishness Intelligence Self-Confidence Doubt

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Religion Science

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Albert Einstein in The World As I See It

Art Science

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge Society Science Wisdom

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Albert Einstein

Nature & Environment Science

Max: "Earl, can you break some 20s? The big spenders at table two wanna split their $11 check three ways - even though one person did all the eating."
Earl: "I was in a three-way once. Same thing happened."

Earl Washington in 2 Broke Girls - Season 1 Episode 12

This neighborhood is definitely on the rise. I remember a time when a black man couldn't get a cab around here. And that time was Wednesday.

Earl Washington in 2 Broke Girls - Season 1 Episode 7

Twitter is stupid and Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read.

Max Black in 2 Broke Girls - Season 2 Episode 2

Instagram X / Twitter

Do you think we can convince them that slapping each other's face is the new high five?

Max Black in 2 Broke Girls - Season 1 Episode 7

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited.

Albert Einstein

Knowledge Imagination Criminal Minds

The bare necessities of life will come to you.

Balu in The Jungle Book

Silence

Brexit Analogy; We've all been on a night out with a mate who says, "it's shit here - let's go somewhere else." Then, when you leave, you realise he has no idea where to go and the place you left won't let you back in. The United Kingdom is standing in a kebab shop at 2 am, arguing about whose fault it is.

Brexit Doner Kebab

Cady: "Yeah, I like math."
Damian: "Eww. Why?"
Cady: "Because it's the same in every country."

Cady Heron in Mean Girls

Mathematics

Chemistry's the one with the shapes and shit, right?

Greg Jenko in 21 Jump Street

Chemistry

I always hated biology. I mean, who cares how a cell divides? It just does.

Hanna Marin in Pretty Little Liars

Biology

Money can't buy life.

Bob Marley - last words - May 11th 1981

Last Words

Quantum physics makes me so happy. It's like looking at the universe naked.

Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory - Season 5 Episode 20

Universe Physics Quantum Mechanics

Give me your love and not your like!

Internet Social Media

Alcohol is for people who can afford to lose a few brain-cells.

Charlie Harper in Two and a half Men - Season 6 Episode 3

Alcohol Brain

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

Pain / Nagato in Naruto

Life Pain Hurting Falling down

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Small Things Fate & Destiny

Philosophy is basically thinking about thinking. Which sounds like a waste of time, because it is.

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Philosophy

I am nervous about the impact AI is going to have on future elections. Personalized 1:1 persuasion, combined with high-quality generated media, is going to be a powerful force.

Sam Altman - September 2022

Artificial Intelligence Elections & Voting

The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.

Warwick Davis

Disabilities

It is not the strong or the smart that survive, but the ones who can bring about change.

Celestia Ludenberg in Danganronpa

Change

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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