Stephen Hawking

I want my books sold on airport bookstalls.

Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

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.

My wife and I love each other very much.

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

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.

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.

All my adult life people have been helping me.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

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