We are only the temporary custodians of the particles which we are made of. They will go on to lead a future existence in the enormous universe that made them
Stephen HawkingThe rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date. Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge, and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area. The rest of the population has little idea of the advances that are being made or the excitement they are generating.
Stephen HawkingWe only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.
Stephen HawkingWhat you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
Stephen HawkingGravity is so strong that space is bent round onto itself, making it rather like the surface of the earth. If one keeps traveling in a certain direction on the surface of the earth, one never comes up against an impassable barrier or falls over the edge, but eventually comes back to where one started.
Stephen Hawking