Careful Words

quote (n.)

quote (v.)

  By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality.

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,

And think they grow immortal as they quote.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 89.