"I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship."

"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."

"I've always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions."

"If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go"

"Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective."

"A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone."

"It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science."

"Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship."

"And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude."

"Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact."

"All colours are arbitrary."

"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."

"A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."

"By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, back toward the horizon of the universe, back toward the epoch of the Big Bang."

"The immense distances to the stars and the galaxies mean that we see everything ins pace int he past, some as they were before the Earth came to be. Telescopes are time machines."

"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy."

"Science is only a Latin word for knowledge"

"Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being."

"There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy."

"You mustn't think of the Universe as a wilderness. It hasn't been that for billions of years," he said. "Think of it more as... ..cultivated."

"When you've never had something, you want it worse than anything."

"I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game."

"It's easier for me to let the game just come to me."

"Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that."

"I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different."

"I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on."

"I think I am a smarter player now."

"You make your own party."

"I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team."

"Family time is the best time."

"I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out."

"I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player."

"I'm really into fashion."

"I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face."

"I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me."

"It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston."

"As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s."

"I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win."

"I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that."

"Man, I think the sky is the limit for this team."

"These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves."

"I have my own identity as a player."

"I got an owner that looks out for me. You can't beat that."

"I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan."

"I want to win. I don't care about the money."

"I can't palm a basketball."

"I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you."

"I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad."

"I'm not at the point in my career where I want to rebuild."

"I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to."