A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
User Defined Definitions
"a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage"
"a passage or expression that is quoted or cited"
"a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity"
"the practice of quoting from books or plays etc."