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quote from vs quoting from

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Quote from" is used when introducing the source of a quotation, while "quoting from" is used when describing the action of extracting a quotation from a source.

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quote from

This phrase is correct and commonly used when introducing the source of a quotation.

Use "quote from" when mentioning the source of a quotation, such as a book, speech, or person.

Examples:

She quoted from Shakespeare's play in her speech.
The article included a quote from the CEO of the company.

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I can only quote from the tribute of Pope Pius himself.
Mr President, I would ask you to quote from the judgment of the Court of Human Rights.
I'm an English teacher, and that is a quote from Robert Browning.
There's a wonderful quote from Benjamin Franklin.
I would have liked to give you a quote from Conan, but...
I'm opening with a quote from Spartacus.
And a quote from Voltaire, by the way.
It's got some bumper sticker on it, a quote from Einstein.
In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers.
There is a quote from one of my favorite books, The Little Prince by Antoine de...
That's actually a quote from a former girlfriend.
Well, a quote from this article was left for us at Professor Madsen's home.
Let's see, we have a - here's the exact quote from mark.
No, it's a quote from William Prescott, and his statue is in front of the hill monument.
This is a quote from Albert Einstein, who says, The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.
It's a quote from one of our greatest Earth books.
You know, Lucas always started with a quote from one of his favorite authors.
It's a quote from the "American Prometheus" book on Robert Oppenheimer.
This is a quote from Dame Cicely Saunders, whom I met when I was a medical student.
I would like, however, to finish with a quote from Aristotle regarding the value of money.

Alternatives:

excerpt from
citation from
passage from
line from
reference from

quoting from

This phrase is correct and commonly used when describing the action of extracting a quotation from a source.

Use "quoting from" when explaining the act of selecting and using a specific quotation from a text or speech.

Examples:

She is quoting from the novel to support her argument.
The journalist was quoting from the interview with the celebrity.

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Your boyfriend is quoting from it.
He's quoting from the hadith, not from the qu'ran.
An unlikely guy to be quoting from a Harvard classic.
Mr President, I would like to continue quoting from: 'There is no one who can stand in Franz-Hermann Brüner's way.
Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to begin my speech by quoting from a poem written by Osip Mandelstam, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century.
If you're going to start quoting from the list of the top five things a parent should say to their child every day, why don't you start with,
I would like to conclude by once again quoting from Mr Hendrick's preamble, which states ... that the Commission shall in particular investigate and, where necessary, take initiatives in order to adapt rules promptly in order to encourage the European development of new services.'
The Commissioner, when he was here in this Chamber, and I have had many debates with him, was fond of quoting from Shakespeare and other English poets.
If you're going to start quoting from the list of the top five things a parent should say to a child every day, why don't you start with, "I'm proud of you because I am doing exactly what you wanted."
When first learning about color management, many people are confused about the difference between calibrating and profiling a monitor (I know I was). Quoting from Hal Engel's excellent discussion in the & digikam; users forum:
I was just quoting from the report.
As I say, I am quoting from an English translation.
So, in the great Hopper family tradition, this year I'm quoting from Coach John Wooden.
I think it is worth quoting from it.
We, the European Parliament, meeting in plenary, mentioned and voted on - I am quoting from memory because I no longer have the note here - 'the irrefutable evidence of terrorist acts'.
He states - and I am quoting from his explanatory note to the amendments - that it is too important an issue to handle in two sentences flat, which is saying something completely different.
It is reported - and I am quoting from an English translation of the report - that the French European Affairs Minister, Pierre Lellouche, has called visa policy a matter of security.
That is why we support the Commission communication as an important step in addressing the situation, while calling for adequate coordination among Member States as regards timing and solutions: I am quoting from paragraph 4.
Mr SCAWEN suggests that the problem is recognised by the legal profession in the UK quoting from a report
I would add that, since we are all concerned about candidate selection, quoting from the Conservative Party's own manual on candidate selection, it says: 'Edmund Burke's words still hold good today.

Alternatives:

extracting from
citing from
taking from
using a quote from
referencing from

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