Stephen Hawking Quotes

I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service in Great Britain would have killed me off, were I a British citizen. I felt compelled to make a statement to explain the error.
I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees.
I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.
I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found.
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller.
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.
I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.
I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America.
I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.
I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.
I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
I have wondered about time all my life.
I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people.
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.
I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.
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.
I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.
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.
I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.
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