Melbourne, Dec 23 (ANI): From disgraced ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean’s comment on same-sex marriage to Madonna’s tribute to King of Pop Michael Jackson - all have made it to the list of top ten best quotes of 2009.

The top ten are:

1. “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage…I think I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there.” - Carrie Prejean onstage at the 2009 Miss USA pageant.

2. “I don’t want to be alone. The aloneness is so alone. ” - Kate Gosselin, during a recent episode of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ on the realities of her new life as a single mom gearing up for what is likely to be a nasty divorce, reports ABC News.

3. “I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears.” - Rihanna, on the unprecedented levels of media attention she endured after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown in February.

4. “And of course, here you go. I still love her, but she’s retarded too.” - Guy Ritchie on ex-wife Madonna to Esquire magazine

5. “We’re going to be in the Hudson.” - Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, responding to air traffic controllers asking on which runway he preferred to land US Airways Flight 1549 Jan. 15 before he landed in the Hudson River.

6. “I have the pleasure of drinking too much in my post-menopausal incarnation. I like tequila, really expensive kinds … straightup. I hate alcoholics and AA… If you can’t drink responsibly, don’t drink at all. Don’t go to meetings, whine about your character flaws and blame the fact that you are a sociopath on booze.” - Roseanne Barr, while dressed as Adolf Hitler for Heeb magazine

7. “You lie!” - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) to President Barack Obama as he addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama addressed the joint session to urge passage of his national health care plan.

8. “It’s for God and for the gays.” - Lady Gaga during her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 13, 2009, in New York City.

9. “I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like O.J., cutting everybody’s throat … I totally understand OJ. I get it.” - Hulk Hogan, in an April issue of Rolling Stone magazine, on his divorce battle with estranged wife Linda Bollea and her relationship with 19-year-old Charlie Hill. O.J. Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1995.

10. “I can’t stop crying over the sad news. I’ve always admired Michael Jackson - the world has lost one of its greats, but his music will live on forever.” - Madonna, in a tribute to the late Michael Jackson during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.(ANI)