# Disabling Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** New Clear\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [April 25, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89 "2023-04-25T04:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![online](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/online/32/41_2.png) [@online](https://club.useclear.com/u/online)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/1 "2023-04-25T04:10:06Z")
Would be nice to have an option to disable the motivational quotes from displaying. Even if they were replaced by a different string like “Nothing Here!”. Clear is so beautiful and minimalistic in it’s design, but a tiny bit of my joy is lost each time I _clear_ a list because the list still is not fully empty… it’s now got some random quote in it lol ---
**Author:** ![phillryu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/phillryu/32/1_2.png) [@phillryu](https://club.useclear.com/u/phillryu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/2 "2023-04-25T15:11:08Z")
I never thought of the quotes as controversial or polarizing! Curious to see how others feel here. One thing you’ll see in upcoming TestFlights is us diving a lot more into personalizing your lists how you like them. We’ve been thinking a little bit on quotes there – that it could be fun to let you personalize what kind of quotes you get (wisdom, creativity, zen, etc.) I’d say that if we end up shipping a version of that ‘no quotes’ could one of the options. We’ll see! ---
**Author:** ![mdtolic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/mdtolic/32/1944_2.png) [@mdtolic](https://club.useclear.com/u/mdtolic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/3 "2023-04-27T13:00:20Z")
I like the quotes. However, I may use Clear differently than Online because I don’t usually “clear” a list. I tend to keep the crossed off items at the bottom. If I actually complete a list I delete the list rather than clear it, so I don’t see the quotes all that often. I guess my lists tend to be a working document or one and done. ---
**Author:** ![mikeack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@mikeack](https://club.useclear.com/u/mikeack)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/4 "2023-04-28T21:42:00Z")
I have always liked the quotes aspect, but the fact that one is “Move fast and break things.” -Mark Zuckerberg, I wouldn’t mind disabling them just to avoid that dude alone. ---
**Author:** ![phillryu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/phillryu/32/1_2.png) [@phillryu](https://club.useclear.com/u/phillryu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/5 "2023-04-28T22:32:35Z")
Oh. Yeah, hang tight there, there’s a lot of quotes in there that we put in many years ago. We’ll be doing a pruning pass. ---
**Author:** ![ryadraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/ryadraws/32/266_2.png) [@ryadraws](https://club.useclear.com/u/ryadraws)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/6 "2023-04-30T16:01:59Z")
I like the quotes - I feel it adds a lot of character. I am curious if there is a specific library the quotes are pulled from? ---
**Author:** ![phillryu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/phillryu/32/1_2.png) [@phillryu](https://club.useclear.com/u/phillryu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/disabling-quotes/89/7 "2023-04-30T18:14:40Z")
They’re just quotes I picked out over the years 🙂 I was probably kind of inspired by the old Apple Think Different campaign, there’s a lot of overlap there in the curation.