My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
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Stephen HawkingInterview 'The Science of Second-Guessing', The New York Times (2004)
About Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist known for black hole research and A Brief History of Time. (1942-2018)
More from Stephen Hawking
- Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.Interview 'The Science of Second-Guessing', The New York Times (2004)
- It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.Quoted in 'Return of the time lord', The Guardian (2005)
- 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.Interview in Der Spiegel (1988)
- So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, Discovery Channel (2010)
- Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.Widely quoted from his public talks; exact first source not confirmed
More quotes on gratitude
- How many things I have no need of!Socrates
- He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.Lao Tzu
- Very little is needed to make a happy life.Marcus Aurelius
- Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.Ralph Waldo Emerson
- This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.Maya Angelou
- Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Charles Dickens
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