The initial conditions of the universe are a profound mystery, and inflation offers a possible explanation for why the universe looks the way it does.
宇宙的初始条件是一个深刻的谜，膨胀为宇宙为何看起来如此提供了一个可能的解释。
If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.
Efficiency without ethics is just speed in the wrong direction.
Capitalism is the legalized version of greed.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
这句话其实是莎士比亚借哈姆雷特之口说的，但是霍金非常喜欢，曾在自己著作中多次引用，所以很多人误以为本句话是霍金说的。
事实是，世界是这样构建的，如果你想享受它的果实，你就必须服从它的规则。