We Live In The Most Probable Of

For Millions Of Years, Mankind Lived Just Like The Animals. Then Something Happened Which Unleashed The Power Of Our Imagination. We Learned To Talk And We Learned To Listen.

I Have Sold More Books On Physics Than Madonna Has On Sex. [hawking Adopted This Statement From A Remark Made To Him By His Former Post-doc, Nathan Myhrvold.]

There Are No Black Holes - In The Sense Of Regimes From Which Light Can't Escape To Infinity. There Are However Apparent Horizons Which Persist For A Period Of Time.

I Think The Universe Was Spontaneously Created Out Of Nothing, According To The Laws Of Science. It Has No Beginning And No End.

There Is A Fundamental Difference Between Religion, Which Is Based On Authority, [and] Science, Which Is Based On Observation And Reason. Science Will Win Because It Works.