Stephen Hawking Quotes

I enjoy all forms of music – pop, classical and opera.

Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.

I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one’s memories.

The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy.

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

I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.

It’s a pity that nobody has found an exploding black hole. If they had, I would have won a Nobel prize.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.

It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the sky.