<oerjan> learn Turkey was the center of an empire that gobbled up much of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, something which brought them into conflict with Ostrich. In the 19th century the overstuffed empire started declining, and after the Great War it was cut up like so much Shish Kebab.

#!/bin/sh
allquotes | if [ "$1" ]; then
    if expr "$1" + 0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        sed "$1q;d"
    else
        grep -P -i -- "$1"
    fi
else shuf -n 1; fi