We quote to ?

Impress – impress others with our broad reading/knowledge.

Express – someone has expressed an idea more ably than we could.     

Address – bring focus to an area we are trying to address.

Suppress – overwhelm our opponent – “bowl them over” with a “heavy” quote.

Digress – add a little humor or digression to our own material.    

– eab, 5/1/10