Stephen Hawking Quotes

My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated students and giving them an opportunity to do good science.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

In science, every question answered leads to 10 more. I love that science can never, ever be finished. From a young age, people think, 'Science is hard and boring.' We don't tell children, 'Yes, you have to learn these formulae and theorems, but then you go on to learn about nuclear reactions and stars.'

Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.

What we need is a strong education system that allows creativity to grow and encourages students to be interested in science and technology.

You should enter science because you are fascinated by it. That's what I did.

I don't recall my parents ever steering me toward or away from science. It was more that I was steered toward learning and excellence in the classroom.

I loved to learn everything, everything in sight, and I was never satisfied that I knew everything there was to know in each of my courses.

At the age of 14, I moved across town to Magdalen College School, Oxford, where science played a much larger role in the curriculum.

When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over.

They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I received my primary and secondary education in Chicago.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

To my disappointment, not many young people seem to be interested in science, especially chemistry.

You can only go into science because you're interested in it.

When I was in elementary school, I was very interested in science already. I must have been ten or eleven years old. I started experiments with chemistry sets at my home in Mexico. I was able to borrow a bathroom and convert it to a laboratory. My parents supported it. They were pleased. My friends just tolerated it.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

I can't think of anything I would rather do with my money than buy my children the best possible education.

NASA's been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve, and it's sad that we are turning the program in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation it provides to young people.