This is Nobel Prize week, with Laureates being awarded prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. Here are some of the immediate reactions from 2013 Laureates when they received the news:

"Are you serious?"
"Oh my God, oh my God" 
"'Machinery'... that's exactly how I think about it"

Bravo to those who have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind!