Random Quotes
by devingoble
HTML
<input type="text" id="q1"></input>JavaScript
$( document ).ready(function() {
var ar = new Array(20);
ar[0] = "Nothing is as easy as it looks.";
ar[1] = "Everything takes longer than you think.";
ar[2] = "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.";
ar[3] = "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.";
ar[4] = "If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.";
ar[5] = "If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.";
ar[6] = "If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.";
ar[7] = "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.";
ar[8] = "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.";
ar[9] = "Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.";
ar[10] = "Mother nature is a bitch.";
ar[11] = "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.";
ar[12] = "Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.";
ar[13] = "Every solution breeds new problems.";
ar[14] = "Trust everybody ... then cut the cards.";
ar[15] = "Two wrongs are only the beginning.";
ar[16] = "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.";
ar[17] = "To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.";
ar[18] = "Exceptions prove the rule ... and wreck the budget.";
ar[19] = "Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.";
var output = Math.floor((Math.random() * 21)); //random number from 0 to 20
$('input#q1').val(ar[output]); //no space between input and #q1
});