Quotes from Stephen Hawking

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a b

In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which the laws of science break down.

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world. Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet

The idea of 10 dimensions might sound exciting, but they would cause real problems if you forget where you parked your car.

The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behaviour.

If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.

There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands! You would both vanish in a great flash of light.