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:
Harris's Lament: All the good ones are taken.
There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
I don't mind doing math homework if I have a good pencil. -- Sarah
Have at you!
If it keeps you awake, it's art; if it puts you to sleep, it's a drug. -- Unknown
Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. -- Anne Frank
“It has been discovered experimentally that you can draw laughter from an audience anywhere in the world, of any class or race, simply by walking onto a stage and uttering the words “I am a married man`”.” -- Ted Kavanugh - British radio scriptwriter
“If I were to walk on water, the press would say I'm only doing it because I can't swim.” -- Bob Stanfield
“If I would be saying that to you, I would be fabricating to you.” -- John J. Dadonna, Superintendent of Schools
“Have you ever seen a chimpanzee's butt? It's not a pretty sight.” -- Max
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English. -- Wilfred Sheed
I like your game but we have to change the rules.
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it. -- Anonymous
The New Testament offers the basis for modern computer coding theory, in the form of an affirmation of the binary number system. But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. -- Matthew 5:37
Your fortune stateth: A vivid and creative mind characterizes you.
Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't.
Excellent time to become a missing person.
Your fortune stateth: You have literary talent that you should take pains to develop.
Faith is to believe in things that we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see in what we believe. -- Unknown
“This music always makes me think of rich people who commit murder.” -- Amber, listening to classical music
You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result. -- Jackson Pollock
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started. -- Marcus Garvey
Kids can buy bullets, but they have to throw them at people. -- Matthew, explaining Wal-Mart's policy of requiring you to be 21 to buy guns but only 16 to buy ammo.
UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith. -- Ambrose Bierce
Get more here! Or get quotes other ways. Or you can even view the entire collection at once here.
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