Depression? More likely World War III!
As for the colors, tell that to Bob. It would be very nice if we could have a choice of color for background and foreground when using the Quote tags. As it is, unless you want to play with a custom CSS for the page, what you see is what you get.
If you do mess with CSS, insert this for a nice bright yellow on deep blue:
/* Change Quote colors */
.quote {
color: rgb(255, 255, 0) ! important;
background-color: rgb(35, 5, 150) ! important;
}