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 confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge. -- Anonymous
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. -- Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, 1962
Illinois isn't exactly the land that God forgot -- it's more like the land He's trying to ignore.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for SEGA. -- Brodie, Mallrats
An idle mind is worth two in the bush.
Your fortune stateth: You will get what you deserve.
Whether you can hear it or not The Universe is laughing behind your back -- National Lampoon, “Deteriorada”
Your fortune stateth: Slow day. Practice crawling.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. -- Bertrand Russell
All over Washington today, the politicians and the power brokers are happy. In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of champagne corks popping. -- Paul Jacob, Term Limits Executive Director
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. -- English Proverb
A day without sunshine is like a day without orange juice.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -- Galileo Galilei
It is the fate of operating systems to become free. -- Neal Stephenson
“There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.” -- Will Rogers
“Let's go over to their house, go up to their door... and just... stand there.” -- Joey D., trying to think of a prank to play on some girls from school.
Try to be the best of whatever you are, even if what you are is no good.
Small is beautiful. -- Schumacher's Dictum
I still live. -- Daniel Webster, dying words
You did your math strategies wrong. there is no missing dollar. the men started out with thirty, 25 of that is with the manager, 2 of it is with the bellhop and they each have one dollar. -- Emily
God did not create the world in 7 days; he screwed around for 6 days and then pulled an all-nighter.
“There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats Grapenuts on principle.” -- G. K. Chesterton
Who can own a tree? -- The Indian Guy In “Ernest Goes To Camp”
Wonderful! Is it a colt or a filly? -- Jennifer, an equestrienne, after hearing of news of a human friend's giving birth.
Get more here! Or get quotes other ways. Or you can even view the entire collection at once here.
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