Stephen Hawking

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#knowledge #enemy

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. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#average #breed #just #makes #minor

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#life #tragic #weren #would

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#science #stupidity #humor

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#complete understanding #exists #goal #simple #understanding

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#science #humor

Not only does God play dice but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#physics

I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#death #destiny #life #change

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

— Stephen Hawking

#life #intelligence

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

— Stephen Hawking

#clear #intelligence #long-term #survival #value