Stephen Hawking

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Der Spiegel”

“What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary. Der Spiegel”

“If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”

“There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary? As quoted in The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (1986) by John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler . p. 444”

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. As quoted in Stephen Hawking's Universe (1985) by John Boslough, Ch. 7 : The Final Question, p. 77”

“Handicapped People and Science”

“The Quantum State of the Universe”

“When I hear the words 'Schrödinger's Cat' I reach for my gun.”

“I regard [the many worlds interpretation ] as self”

“The Large Scale Structure of Space”