I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Stephen HawkingAlthough quantum mechanics has been around for nearly 70 years, it is still not generally understood or appreciated, even by those that use it to do calculations.
Stephen HawkingA lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.
Stephen HawkingThe moment you understand the whole Universe, is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God's mind works
Stephen Hawking