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" Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others. "

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" God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God. "

Stephen Hawking

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Think

God

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

" Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. "

" The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph. "

" One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. "

" For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have begun with a singularity, if Einstein's general theory of relativity is correct. That appeared to indicate that science could not predict how the universe would begin. "

" The universe is not indifferent to our existence - it depends on it. "

" Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. "

" Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. "

" There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. "

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

" In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians. "

" Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries. "

" The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it. "

" I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. "

" Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities... space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe. "

" What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people. "

Stephen Hawking

Machines

Control

" The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. "

" The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. "

" I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations. "

" I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so. "

" There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world. "

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

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

" People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. "

" There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. "

Stephen Hawking

Human

Physical

" There is no unique picture of reality. "

" All my adult life people have been helping me. "

" 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

Special

Space