Stephen Hawking on Leadership Quotes

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

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."

"When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have."

"The computer in your cell phone today is a million times cheaper and a thousand times more powerful than the computer at MIT in 1965."

"Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion."

"To survive as a species, we must eventually spread out to the stars."

"Computers will double their speed and memory capacity every 18 months."

"It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else."

"We are at the most dangerous moment in the development of humanity."

"We are all different, but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it's human nature that we adapt and survive."

"The message of this lecture is that black holes aren't as black as they are painted. They are not the eternal prisons they were once thought. Things can get out of a black hole."

"The universe does not allow perfection."

"There is no unique picture of reality."

"We must teach our children to be more compassionate."

"Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks."

"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."

"One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it."

"We must continue to go into space for the future of humanity."

"If you understand how the universe operates, you control it, in a way."

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

"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."

"We should seek the greatest value of our action."

"We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain."

"The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities."

"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."

"We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet."

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing."

"We should be very humble because we are such a tiny part of the universe."