Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, breaking from his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and denouncing Wright's inflammatory comments as "giving comfort to those that prey on hate"

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the discovery that Nelson Mandela, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize winner, is included on the U.S. terrorist watch list

U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, after a string of attacks on U.S. troops made April the bloodiest month for American forces in Iraq since September 2007

North Carolina Rep. Brad Miller, an undecided superdelegate, downplaying Barack Obama's struggles to win white, working-class voters

Magician David Blaine, on setting a new world record for breath-holding—17 minutes 4 seconds—but falling short of beavers, which can go 20 minutes without oxygen

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, sounding an upbeat note about the U.S. economy and the devalued dollar during an appearance on Bloomberg Television

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,on the summerlong suspension of the gas tax favored by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain

British pollster Robert Worcester, after Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party suffered its worst local election defeat in 40 years

Western Oregon softball player Sara Tucholsky, on the media frenzy that ensued when she hit her first career home run and, after injuring herself rounding first base, was carried the rest of the way by members of the opposing team. By rule, if any of her teammates had touched her, she would've had to settle for a single.