Found this old article that references how we are styling our blockquotes. Check it out and play around with it when you get a chance.
http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/simple-and-nice-blockquote-styling/
Quote:
The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understand it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of everything. — Tom Peters