Definition of Quote

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Definition of Quote

Quote

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

To name the current price of.

To notice; to observe; to examine.

To set down, as in writing.

A note upon an author.

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Quote Quotations

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Groucho Marx

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.
Conan O'Brien

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Robert Benchley

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
Michel de Montaigne

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.
Will Ferrell

I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
Joe DiMaggio

I have never seen any such quote anyplace, anywhere.
Sean Hannity

I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.
Studs Terkel

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Quote Translations

quote in Afrikaans is aanhaal
quote in Dutch is aanhalen, citeren, noemen
quote in Finnish is siteerata
quote in French is citent, citer, guillemet, citons, citez, grever
quote in Italian is gravare, calcolare
quote in Norwegian is sitere, notere
quote in Spanish is citar, gravar, suputar, cotizar, mencionar
quote in Swedish is ange, citera

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