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Here are some Stephen Hawkins' quotes, hope these might help -

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” - Stephen Hawking

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” - Stephen Hawking

“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.” - Stephen Hawking

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.” - Stephen Hawking

“All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion” - Stephen Hawking

“When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have” - Stephen Hawking

“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.” - Stephen Hawking

“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason” - Stephen Hawking

“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.” - Stephen Hawking

“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” - Stephen Hawking

“It matters if you just don't give up” - Stephen Hawking

“It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value” - Stephen Hawking

“If we find the answer [the unified theory], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for we would know the mind of God."” - Stephen Hawking

“The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?” - Stephen Hawking

“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” - Stephen Hawking

“Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.” - Stephen Hawking

“There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.” - Stephen Hawking