Extraterrestrial intelligent life?

"There is not much sign of it on Earth."
-- Stephen Hawking. "Stephen Hawking prepares for weightless flight," NewScientist.com, 26 April 2007.

Laissez-faire

"I'm not religious in the normal sense... I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws."
-- Stephen Hawking. "Stephen Hawking prepares for weightless flight," NewScientist.com, 26 April 2007.

Childhood Dreams

“As a little child, I cried because I wanted to fly into outer space. My parents found it hard to pacify me with toys. I also wanted to explore the depths of the ocean floor as much as I wanted to sail across the high heavens. And so I became a PADI-certified scuba diver and also a student pilot.”
-- Namira Salim. "Namira — first female astronaut from Dubai," Khaleej Times Online, 2 April 2006. She would be the first Pakistani woman to be in space on the Virgin Galactic Space Ship in 2008.