"God made natural numbers; all else is the work of man" - Leopold Kronecker. Possibly misquoted by Raymond Ayoub in "Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections".
No excuse! Should have at least tried to Google the quote instead of just typing quickly from undergraduate school memory!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Created_the_Integers
Not that Hawking is intrinsically more qualified.
"God made natural numbers; all else is the work of man" - Leopold Kronecker. Possibly misquoted by Raymond Ayoub in "Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections".