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.

Quote by Stephen Hawking

Topics: Universe Quotes

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe...

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe...

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human...

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human...

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is...

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is...

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is...

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is...

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be...

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be...

The old paradox: Can God make a stone so heavy that he can't lift it?

The old paradox: Can God make a stone so heavy that he can't lift it?

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep...

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep...

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of...

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of...

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of...

Good poetry .. makes the universe .. reveal its .. 'secret'

Good poetry .. makes the universe .. reveal its .. 'secret'

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is...

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...