166 Quotes by Paul Davies

We run a 24-hour service (for passengers) and we also offer small-package delivery.

We're not jealous of the guy getting a million pound bonus. We just want out 6.70 pounds for God sakes.

I should say we know that there are many, many other Earths out there. We're almost certain that there will be upwards of a billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone, so there is no lack of real estate where life might happen, but what we don't know is how likely it is given the real estate, given a wonderful pristine planet like Earth how likely is it that life will pop up inhabited? We don't know the answer to that.

You have to weigh the increased cost of electric service every month versus being without power for three weeks after a hurricane.

It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather carefully thought out...The seemingly miraculous concurrence of these numerical values must remain the most compelling evidence for cosmic design.

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

Science and the Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity

An argument often given for why Earth couldn't host another form of life is that once the life we know became established, it would have eliminated any competition through natural selection. But if another form of life were confined to its own niche, there would be little direct competition with regular life.

The University at Albany, with its state-of-the-art facilities and growing biotechnology and genomics research enterprise is an ideal partner,