//store the quotations in arrays

quotes = new Array(10);

authors = new Array(10);

quotes[0] = "And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily,<br> but eat and drink as friends.";

authors[0] = "William Shakespeare, <I>Taming of the Shrew</I>";

quotes[1] = "A crust eaten in peace is better than<br> a banquet partaken in anxiety.";

authors[1] = "Aesop";

quotes[2] = "Laughter is brightest,<br>in the place where the food is.";

authors[2] = "Irish proverb";

quotes[3] = "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,<br> if one has not dined well.";

authors[3] = "Virginia Woolf";

quotes[4] = "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.";

authors[4] = "John Gunther";

quotes[5] = "There is no love sincerer than the love of food.";

authors[5] = "George Bernard Shaw";

quotes[6] = "Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art.<br> It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.";

authors[6] = "Marcel Boulestin";

quotes[7] = "The preparation of good food is merely<br> another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living.";

authors[7] = "Dione Lucas";

quotes[8] = "A man hath no better thing under the sun,<br> than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.";

authors[8] = "Ecclesiastes 8:15";

quotes[9] = "I feel the end approaching.<br> Quick, bring me my dessert, coffee and liqueur.";

authors[9] = "Brillat-Savarin's great aunt Pierette";

quotes[10] = "Part of the secret of success in life is<br> to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.";

authors[10] = "Mark Twain";


//calculate a random index

index = Math.floor(Math.random() * quotes.length);


//display the quotation

document.write('<FONT COLOR="#666666" FACE="Verdana, Tahoma" SIZE="2">&quot;');

document.write(quotes[index] + '&quot;<br>');

document.write('</FONT>\n');

document.write('<FONT FACE="Verdana, Tahoma" SIZE="1">- ' + authors[index] +'</FONT></FONT>');

document.write('');

//done