I found this link on the wordpress.org support forums and I just loved the idea I knew I had to add it to my blog to spruce it up some. Now I can really make certain text stand out from others. Shortly after Viper007Bond whipped it into a plugin to make it even easier to use.

Thanks to
Viper007Bond
Roger Johansson

EDIT: This plugin is no longer supported by the above author you can now find a new pull-quote plugin here