"I think we have sold our future" The then Pakistan's Finance Minister, Shaukat Tarin, tells Business Recorder while commenting on Reko Diq gold and copper mine that was sourced to Tethyan Copper Company in President Musharraf's regime. January 20, 2010
"The world is multipolar, the monetary system must become multi-monetary" French President Nicholas Sarkozy says in an apparent call for other currencies to be promoted over the greenback. January 2010. "A (US) dollar-based system might have made sense in the 20th century but doesn't make sense in the 21st century" Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, January 2010.
"No I was just trying to smell it, how it is feeling" Shahid Afridi's initial response when asked by ABC whether he was trying to bite the ball, February 1, 2010. "Today I want to ask for your help. I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again" Tiger Woods' emotional public apology after cheating on his wife. February 19, 2010.
"The ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and left out there. It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is" Rush Limbaugh, a leading US political commentator, on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, May 3, 2010.
"A degree is a degree, whether it is fake or genuine. It makes no difference" Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, tells media persons on June 29, 2010. "You don't become a dad when you become a captain" Salman Butt rules out a paternalistic approach to captaincy July 20, 2010. "If journalism is good it is controversial by its nature" Julian Assange tells the Guardian newspaper. July 25, 2010.
"We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways by tolerating terrorism while demanding respect as a democracy," British premier David Cameron says on July 27, 2010 during his maiden visit to India.
"This disaster is one of the most challenging that any country has faced in recent years," John Holmes (UN) - August 11, 2010, echoing the remarks of UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) that said, "This disaster is worse than the Tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake."
"Not only do government parties, politicians and judges have the right to corruption, every Balochi, Punjabi, Sindhi and Pushton has this right." PPP leader Abdul Qayyum Jatoi tells a press conference. September 24, 2010. "Europe shouldn't join the choir" Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says on October 7, 2010, while lashing out at European Union leaders for teaming up with the US to pressure the Chinese government.
"Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le! Los mineros de Chile!" meaning "Miners of Chile" Cheerful chants of 33 Chilean miners, who were rescued alive after spending 69 days trapped in an underground mine. October 13, 2010. "Forget gold, buy stocks" Warren Buffet tells the Fortune on October 19, 2010, reiterating the view earlier shared by George Soros, who said in January, "The ultimate asset bubble is gold". "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan" Richard Holbrooke, finals words on his death bed. December 13, 2010.
"Veena Malik is a cheap girl" Film actress Meera expresses her bewilderment on the way Veena is conducting herself on the Indian show 'Bigg Boss 4'. December 24, 2010.
"We expect everyone to mind their own business - at home and in the international arena" Kremlin tells US, European and Canadian leaders on their criticism of the second conviction of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. December 28, 2010.
"Yes it can" says Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah when Reuters asked if the world economy could withstand a $100/bbl oil price. December 26, 2010.