Stephen Hawking Quotes

Not only does God play dice with the world He does not let us see what He has rolled.

God throws dice, what can I say?

God does not play dice.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.

Is there a design in the events of our lives? Or do things just happen, much like a junk yard falling down a staircase? If it's the latter, how do you deal with it?

God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them.

‎Faith, if it is ever right about anything, is right by accident

Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back.

If God resides anywhere ... surely he shelters behind barricades of pure chance.

It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else.

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.

You can't predict anything. How can you be certain about anything when everything is chaos and we're not in control?

Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.

From an early age I was very, very fascinated by uncertainty.

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.

I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

It is such a complex matter we live within, it is impossible to track logic and decision making really, so therefore each choice can actually only be seen as coincidence.