Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.Stephen Hawking
So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?Stephen Hawking
Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.Stephen Hawking
I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.Stephen Hawking
Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.Stephen Hawking