Stephen Hawking Computer Quotations

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.

We've created life in our own image.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

Computers double their performance every month.

Computer viruses are alive.

Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.