• There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.1 · 60 votes · 70 reads

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

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.9 · 24 votes · 181 reads

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• Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.3 · 39 votes · 148 reads

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• Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.5 · 57 votes · 38 reads

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• Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  4.2 · 12 votes · 182 reads

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• To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.5 · 61 votes · 14 reads

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• To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

  

  Isaac Newton

  MathematicianEnglish1643 · 17th century

  3.8 · 8 votes · 75 reads

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• Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.0 · 10 votes · 164 reads

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• We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  4.8 · 50 votes · 145 reads

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• We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

  

  Isaac Newton

  MathematicianEnglish1643 · 17th century

  4.6 · 43 votes · 187 reads

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• We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.

  

  Max Planck

  ScientistGerman1858 · 19th century

  4.7 · 46 votes · 143 reads

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• We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.5 · 25 votes · 57 reads

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• We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

  

  George W. Bush

  PoliticianAmerican1946 · 20th century

  3.9 · 54 votes · 37 reads

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• We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should b

  

  Larry Page

  BusinessmanAmerican1973 · 20th century

  4.5 · 7 votes · 46 reads

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• Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.

  

  Stephen Hawking

  PhysicistEnglish1942 · 20th century

  3.0 · 22 votes · 96 reads

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