“I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the d...” — Stephen Hawking Quote

“I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy.”

“Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”

“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.”

“Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.”

“So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.”

“The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.”