OK, here's a first effort. No quotes in the quotes unless escaped -
he said,\"Hello\".
The script is pretty easy to follow:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Random or Daily Quotes - Demo</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
#quote { /*style for quote division*/
position:relative;
width:375px;
height:70px;
border:1px solid black;
font-family:sans-serif;
font-size:95%;
padding:3px;
background-color:lightyellow;
}
#auth { /*style for quote author, if any*/
position:absolute;
bottom:3px;
right:10px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*///////////////////////////////
* Random or Daily Quotes Script © John Davenport Scheuer
* as first seen in http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums
* user name jscheuer1 - This credit must remain for
* legal use. Ver Date: 4/1/2006
///////////////////////////////*/
var method=0 //Set to 1 for rotating daily, 0 for random each page load
////////////BEGIN QUOTES: (Start Editing after next line)//////////
var quotes="\
Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem.~Plato^\
Accusantium doloremque laudantium totam rem aperiam.^\
Eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto.~Plato^\
Beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia.^\
Voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit.~Plato^\
Sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione.^\
Voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est.~Plato^\
Qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet.^\
Illegitimi Non Carborundum.~General 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell^\
Consectetur, adipisci velit sed quia non numquam eius modi.~Plato^\
Tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat.^\
Voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam.~Plato^\
Quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam.^\
Nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum.~Plato^\
Iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur.^\
Vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?~Socrates^\
" ///////////END QUOTES (Stop Editing)////////////
quotes=quotes.split("^")
quotes.length=quotes.length-1
if(method){
var qdate=new Date()
var qnum=Math.ceil((qdate.valueOf()-new Date(qdate.setMonth(0)).setDate(1))/(1000*60*60*24))%(quotes.length-1)
}
else
var qnum=Math.floor(quotes.length*Math.random())
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Begin Body Section of Quote Script -->
<noscript><div id="quote">"Quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam."<span id="auth"> ~ Plato</span></div></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write('<div id="quote"></div>')
var quotediv=document.getElementById?document.getElementById('quote'):documet.all['quote']
quotediv.innerHTML=/~/.test(quotes[qnum])? '"'+quotes[qnum].replace(/~/, '"<span id="auth"> ~ ')+' </span>' : '"'+quotes[qnum]+'"'
</script>
<!-- End Body Section of Quote Script -->
</body>
</html>