Q2 Quotes Database
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Updates
3/5/2009 - Quotes removed
2 quotes have been removed from the database.
7/8/2007 - Internal optimisation
The codebase has been optimised to speed up site access, and to make scripted access to this site simpler.
13/7/2007 - Some irrelevant quotes removed
20-30 quotes that relate to programming and operating systems have been removed because they probably aren't relevant to most people.
6/7/2007 - Minor correction
A minor correction has been made to the quotes database.
29/6/2007 - Theme bug fixed
A minor bug in the One theme has been fixed.
21/6/2007 - 1000 new quotes
1000+ new quotes have been added to the Q2 Quotes Database.
18/6/2007 - 900 new quotes, tweaks to site
900+ new quotes have been added to the Q2 Quotes Database. The site design and backend have been tweaked too.
11/6/2007 - Search box added
A search box has been added to each page if you're using the Simple or Bash.org themes. If you're using the Original or Lo-Fi theme then there's a Search link at the top of each page. The search results page has had a new coat of paint too.
7/6/2007 - Theme bugfix
Another bug in the theme code has been fixed. That'll teach me to test fully ;). Everything should be just fine and dandy now!
5/6/2007 - New theme, theme bugfix
The default theme has been changed from Original to Simple'n Clean, but there was a bug in the theme code that sometimes showed the new theme only on the home page, and showing the old theme on the other pages. This has been fixed. Also, there is a fresh new theme called One! Just select "One" from the drop-down above to select the new theme.
30/5/2007 - Formatting error fixed
Spaces at the beginning and end of quotes have been removed. E.g. " blah, blah, blah " -> "blah, blah, blah". The quotes in the full text have been randomly sorted again too. Also, the random quotes generater will not add a newline to the ends of quotes anymore.
The Q2 database is a collection of over 11000 funny/proverbial quotes. More...
Here's some randomly chosen quotes from the collection:
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. -- Calvin, To Hobbes
The world is coming to an end. Please log off.
Wit is educated insolence. -- Aristotle
“That hurts... never roll on the floor if you don't have much rolling room.” -- Ellie
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, “I don't know.” -- Mark Twain
“Those freshmen are so cute... I wish I had a gun.” -- Michelle Zalas, about some annoying freshmen down the hall.
There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now. -- Allen Ginsberg
A man's reach should exceed his grasp; else what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning
“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.” -- Niccolo Machiavelli
Don't be such an electron! What are you for Halloween? I think I'll become a piece of graphite foil so I can deflect people left and right! -- a very stressed Lisa
“I think I'm allergic to Thursday.” -- Ellie
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls. -- Lenny Bruce
The meek shall inherit the earth, except for a very thin layer at the surface. -- Mishe Piet's best answer to Jehovah's Witness visitors.
Who is this God person anyway? -- Douglas Adams
No evil can happen to a good man. -- Plato
It is better to kiss an avocado than to get in a fight with an aardvark.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put ‘Emily, I love you’ on the back of the bill.” -- Groucho Marx
My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids, I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them. -- steven wright
Mayor Vincent J. `Buddy’ Cianci on the ACLU's suit to have a city nativity scene removed: “They're just jealous because they don't have three wise men and a virgin in the whole organization.”
Our English teacher was trying to start class, but a few people were still talking to friends.... Teacher: “Emma! Did you want to share that with the rest of us?” Emma: “I didn't say anything!.... I was talking!”
“A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.” IT'S ALL OVER -- Jack Kerouac
It's lucky you're going so slowly, because you're going in the wrong direction.
As you sojourn through life, forgive. No matter what has been done to you, said about you, or how painful it may be. In the end you will feel the warmth of the tapestry of love you've created. -- Juan L. Christian (Teacher)
When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy. -- Anonymous
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