Stephen Hawking Quotes

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.

I think people love fundamental science.

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question.

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

Of course I have other interests, but on the other hand, science is a lifestyle in the sense that it's a combination of profession and hobby.

Well, I mean, I'm still a scientist, you know. I think once a scientist, always a scientist.

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.

When I was a child, it was cool to be a scientist.

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.

All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it's such an interesting part of their environment.

The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about.

I was interested in science before I even knew what science was.

I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

I just wanted to be a scientist.

Science would lead you to a more interesting life than something else.

Science is really about describing the way the universe works in one aspect or another in all branches of science—how a life-form works, how this works, how that works. ... You have to have a natural curiosity for that.

I'm a real amateur enthusiast for science.

My dream was to be a 'scientist' even before I knew what a scientist did.