"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe."
Josh Billings
quote (kwt) v. quot·ed, quot·ing, quotes v. tr. 1. To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source. 2. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof. 3. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.