As a Humanist, I love science. I hate superstition, which could never have given us A-bombs.

I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.

Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.

OK, so what’s the speed of dark?

My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – that is to unite behind the science and to act on the science.

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

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing – that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world – is what I wish for all.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Research is creating new knowledge.

Atoms are very special: they like certain particular partners, certain particular directions, and so on. It is the job of physics to analyze why each one wants what it wants.

Creationists make it sound as though a ‚theory‘ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

We must accept what science tells us, that man was born from the earth. But, more logical than the scientists who lecture us, we must carry this lesson to its conclusion: that is to say, accept that man was born entirely from the world – not only his flesh and bones but his incredible power of thought.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Science is but an image of the truth.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

And yet it moves.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can’t solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.

In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind.

Science sent the Hubble telescope out into space, so it could capture light and the absence thereof, from the very beginning of time. And the telescope really did that. So now we know that there was once absolutely nothing, such a perfect nothing that there wasn’t even nothing or once.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms… For example, I am made up of 5.8×10 27 atoms.

It is a curious thing: man, the centre and creator of all science, is the only object which our science has not yet succeeded in including in a homogeneous representation of the universe. We know the history of his bones, but no ordered place has yet been found in nature for his reflective intelligence.

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

It is not scientifically possible to accurately predict the outcome of an action. To suggest otherwise runs contrary to historical experience and the nature of war.

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

Science is nothing but perception.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

I had no talent for science. What was infinitely worse: all my fraternity brothers were engineers.

They say cats have nine lives. I’ve had 12 already and I don’t know how many more I’ll have.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.

My first popular book, ‚A Brief History of Time,‘ aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

Science is magic that works.

I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald’s. I’m completely turned off by the idea of politics.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

Gravitation is, so far, not understandable in terms of other phenomena.

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

Writing is a solitary experience. I’m extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It’s so intimate, I can’t even share it with my wife.

God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

Among physicists, I’m respected I hope.