After assigning the module I get this 1064 error message

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 SQL=SELECT * from joo_rquote WHERE published='1' and catid =

I believe I am using the latest version of your component and module, and Joomla 3.4.8

It's setup to read one quote from the database, not the text file.