Thanks to Brian Greenberg (http://briangreenberg.net) for the original code. This code is for use in GeekTool to display a quote, properly formatted from quotesource.

gistfile1.sh

quotesource=http://www.quotedb.com/quote/quote.php?action=random_quote

curl -s ${quotesource} |sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N;//ba' | \
    sed -e s/document.write\(\'//g | \
    sed -e s/\'\)\;//g | \
    sed -e s/\`/\'/g | \
    sed 's/More quotes from /  – /g'| \
    sed '$!N;s/\n/ /'