Quote
verb
To repeat the exact words that someone else has said or written.
He quoted a line from her favorite book.
Often appears as...
- quote a line
- quote a passage
verb
To give someone an estimated cost for a job or service.
He quoted me $500 for the repair work.
Often appears as...
- quote a price
- get a quote
noun
A phrase or passage from a book, speech, etc. that someone repeats, usually because it is interesting or useful.
He is known for his funny quotes.
Often appears as...
- famous quote
- inspirational quote
noun
A price that a person or company says they will do a piece of work for.
Could you send me a quote for the necessary repairs?
Often appears as...
- request a quote
- accepted quote
verb
To repeat the exact words that someone else has said or written.
He quoted a line from her favorite book.
Often appears as...
- quote a line
- quote a passage
verb
To give someone an estimated cost for a job or service.
He quoted me $500 for the repair work.
Often appears as...
- quote a price
- get a quote
noun
A phrase or passage from a book, speech, etc. that someone repeats, usually because it is interesting or useful.
He is known for his funny quotes.
Often appears as...
- famous quote
- inspirational quote
noun
A price that a person or company says they will do a piece of work for.
Could you send me a quote for the necessary repairs?
Often appears as...
- request a quote
- accepted quote
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Pro Tip 1/2Exact Repetition
Use 'quote' to show you are using somebody's exact words, not paraphrasing.
In his speech, he quoted the president verbatim.
Pro Tip 2/2Attribution Necessary
When quoting, always give credit to the original speaker or writer.
She quoted Shakespeare, saying 'To be, or not to be...'
Pro Tip 1/2Exact Repetition
Use 'quote' to show you are using somebody's exact words, not paraphrasing.
In his speech, he quoted the president verbatim.
Pro Tip 2/2Attribution Necessary
When quoting, always give credit to the original speaker or writer.
She quoted Shakespeare, saying 'To be, or not to be...'
Pro Tip 1/2Exact Repetition
Use 'quote' to show you are using somebody's exact words, not paraphrasing.
In his speech, he quoted the president verbatim.
Pro Tip 2/2Attribution Necessary
When quoting, always give credit to the original speaker or writer.
She quoted Shakespeare, saying 'To be, or not to be...'
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Watch the Total Solar...
screaming and cheering because nighttime turn it a day and so here we are at the Eclipse yeah daytime turned into night and people were screaming and cheering and getting goosebumps it it's a weird parallel but it was really set like the off yeah and right time of turned to day and quotes because it wasn't from the Sun it was from the
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Why should you read "One...
Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible, and where the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude
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Why you should define...
I was using stimulants to get going. I was using depressants to wind down and go to sleep. It was a disaster. I felt completely trapped. I bought a book on simplicity to try to find answers. And I did find a quote that made a big difference in my life,
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
Very heavy hetero guy. But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" -- he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man, which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell, and the semen of mature men, whose semen smelled, quote,
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David Attenborough On...
we will quote a crew of film crews and we will film exactly what happened and we don't know what it'll be a triumph we don't know whether it'll be a tragedy but we'll show you the truth I only saw it when the film's will find the edited
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Life lessons from a...
quotes yeah am i uncomfortably close go ahead come over here get in here find your light no you stand up I'm the past day right yeah okay he's afraid of puppets hi hi you have a question or did you forget it cuz I annoyed you yeah I I
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Megan Kamerick: Women...
and I was frustrated by the lagging status of women in our profession and what that meant for our image in the media. We make up half the population of the world, but we're just 24 percent of the news subjects quoted in news stories.
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How one tweet can ruin...
he'd been caught plagiarizing and faking quotes, and he was drenched in shame and regret, he told me. And he had the opportunity to publicly apologize at a foundation lunch. This was going to be the most important speech of his life.
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How false news can...
And today, the quote, whoever said it, is truer than ever before. In previous decades, most media with global reach consisted of several major newspapers and networks which had the resources to gather information directly.
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Why should you read...
Each chapter begins with a quote from a future history book, recalling elements of the events that are about to unfold. The book also contains in-universe appendices that further explore the Empire’s history;
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
screaming and cheering because nighttime turn it a day and so here we are at the Eclipse yeah daytime turned into night and people were screaming and cheering and getting goosebumps it it's a weird parallel but it was really set like the off yeah and right time of turned to day and quotes because it wasn't from the Sun it was from the
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible, and where the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude
Video examples
Why you should define...
I was using stimulants to get going. I was using depressants to wind down and go to sleep. It was a disaster. I felt completely trapped. I bought a book on simplicity to try to find answers. And I did find a quote that made a big difference in my life,
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
Very heavy hetero guy. But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" -- he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man, which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell, and the semen of mature men, whose semen smelled, quote,
Video examples
David Attenborough On...
we will quote a crew of film crews and we will film exactly what happened and we don't know what it'll be a triumph we don't know whether it'll be a tragedy but we'll show you the truth I only saw it when the film's will find the edited
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Life lessons from a...
quotes yeah am i uncomfortably close go ahead come over here get in here find your light no you stand up I'm the past day right yeah okay he's afraid of puppets hi hi you have a question or did you forget it cuz I annoyed you yeah I I
Video examples
Megan Kamerick: Women...
and I was frustrated by the lagging status of women in our profession and what that meant for our image in the media. We make up half the population of the world, but we're just 24 percent of the news subjects quoted in news stories.
Video examples
How one tweet can ruin...
he'd been caught plagiarizing and faking quotes, and he was drenched in shame and regret, he told me. And he had the opportunity to publicly apologize at a foundation lunch. This was going to be the most important speech of his life.
Video examples
How false news can...
And today, the quote, whoever said it, is truer than ever before. In previous decades, most media with global reach consisted of several major newspapers and networks which had the resources to gather information directly.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Each chapter begins with a quote from a future history book, recalling elements of the events that are about to unfold. The book also contains in-universe appendices that further explore the Empire’s history;
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Quote examples
Heavy D
Jamaican Musician
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.
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Reggie Jackson
American Athlete
I've always been able to hear and read what I say before I say it. That's why I'm a good quote. Or a good interview. If I say something that's uncomfortable for someone's ears, it's going to be the truth; I just happen to voice it. But it's the truth. It's not my opinion.
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Peter Morgan
British Writer
There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth.
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Kami Garcia
American Writer
At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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G. Edward Griffin
American Author
If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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Philip Gilbert Hamerton
English Artist
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
One of the difficulties of a job in the, quote, 'real world' is you don't really get time to shut yourself off in a room and think.
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Robert Fisk
British Journalist
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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Viv Albertine
British Musician
I adore quotes.
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Heavy D
Jamaican Musician
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.
Quote examples
Reggie Jackson
American Athlete
I've always been able to hear and read what I say before I say it. That's why I'm a good quote. Or a good interview. If I say something that's uncomfortable for someone's ears, it's going to be the truth; I just happen to voice it. But it's the truth. It's not my opinion.
Quote examples
Peter Morgan
British Writer
There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth.
Quote examples
Kami Garcia
American Writer
At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
Quote examples
G. Edward Griffin
American Author
If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
Quote examples
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
English Artist
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
Quote examples
Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
One of the difficulties of a job in the, quote, 'real world' is you don't really get time to shut yourself off in a room and think.
Quote examples
Robert Fisk
British Journalist
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said.
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Quote examples
Viv Albertine
British Musician
I adore quotes.
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