"This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done."

--Former US President George W. Bush reacting to news of Osama bin Laden being killed by US Navy's elite SEAL Team Six that was commandeered by CIA Director Leon Panetta

"India has been making this observation for a long time, that the Pakistani establishment is providing support to terrorist groups while keeping the denial process in play. They play both sides to the middle. This shows more of the same. Their support to terrorism as a strategic option vis-à-vis India and the U.S. needs to be smoked out."

--Uday Bhaskar, former director of the New Delhi-based Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, on Bin Laden being hunted down and killed in Pakistan

"There is no heaven or afterlife for broken- down computers... it's a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

- - P h y s i c i s t Stephen Hawking says there is no heaven and that the human brain is like a computer which stops working when components fail

"Checkmate Kate, you’ve taken the King!"

--A placard placed where the newly wed UK royal couple, Kate Middleton and Prince William, passed by in a cavalcade

"Let me say this about Donald Trump. I love Donald Trump, all comedians love Donald Trump. If God gave comedians the power to invent people, the first person we would invent is Donald Trump... God's gift to comedy."

--Comedian Jerry Seinfeld after billionaire Donald Trump’s recent public rant aimed at Jerry for pulling out of his son's charity event

"Now, I know that he’s taken some flak lately, but no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald. And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter, like, ‘Did we fake the moon landing?’ ‘What really happened on Roswell?’ And ‘Where are Biggie and Tupac?’"

--US President Barack Obama taking aim at an easy and expected target Donald Trump, who had been vociferously casting doubts on his American nationality

"It’s one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and doesn't represent what I truly believe or how I've treated people my entire life."

--Actor Mel Gibson opens up about the controversial audio tapes of him yelling at ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva

"America has long been famous for (its) rags-toriches story. Today, India too has the same story. India is no longer a struggling economy."

--Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee and 2012 presidential hopeful, speaking on 'My Vision of America' at the India Today Conclave 2011

"When corruption is viewed fuzzily, as just a touchy-feely ‘moral’ problem, then everybody can happily rally to the cause — fascists, democrats, anarc h i s t s , god-squadders, day-trippers, the right, the left and even the deeply corrupt, who are usually the most enthusiastic demonstrators. It’s a pot that is easy to make but much easier to break."

--Novelist Arundhati Roy on Anna Hazare’s fast to protest corruption

"Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was also a pilot. Is (Vayalar) Ravi also referring to him as a 12th pass person?"

--BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy castigating Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi for dubbing pilots as a "bunch of 12th pass" persons who were demanding more money

"We are practically like walking porn."

--South African-born cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto wrote in her blog ‘The Secret Diary of an IPL Cheerleader’ on the happenings at the after-match parties. She was sacked by the Mumbai Indians soon after.

"They are both Amul babies."

--Says the new Amul butter ad obviously referring to the ‘age’ spat between octogenarian former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan and the ‘baby’ Rahul Gandhi.