The template appears as follows in article space:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
and as follows in all other namespaces:
“ | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. | ” |
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![]() | If this template is used in article space, it will suppress the display of decorative curly quote marks, per MOS:BLOCKQUOTE. |
The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the {{Blockquote}} template or the HTML <blockquote> element, for which that template provides a wrapper.
Centered quote – For quotes, this template provides a centered, borderless quote, with scalable decorative quotation marks, and optional attribution of the source of the quote. It can be used with or without the names of the parameters.
{{Cquote|quote=text of the quotation|author=person quoted|source=source of the quotation}}
1
, quote
<p>...</p>
around second or subsequent paragraphs.=
(equals sign), then the template must be called with a named parameter for the content. For example: {{Cquote|quote=quote text=more quoted text}}
.author
source
|author=
(e.g. for a scripture, law, or other source without an author per se)bgcolor
float
|width=30%
or so (otherwise for quotes longer than one line on the rendered page, the float will have no useful effect). This parameter is disabled in article space.width
|width=30%
. This parameter is disabled in article space.qcolor
|qcolor=#FF0000
for a red color (only for use in WP:Signpost, and personal pages; do not use in articles, guidelines, etc.). This parameter is disabled in article space.rtl
quotealign
Deprecated:
wide
|width=
constraint). This parameter is disabled in article space.{{Cquote|quote text}}
“ | To be, or not to be ... | ” |
{{Cquote|Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
|author=[[Albert Einstein]]
|source=in a letter to his son<ref>[[Walter Isaacson]], ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' (2007), p. 367.</ref>
}}
“ | Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. | ” |
— Albert Einstein, in a letter to his son[1] |
{{Cquote|1=F=ma|author=[[Isaac Newton]]}}
(the 1= is necessary as quote text contains an equals sign)
“ | F=ma | ” |
— Isaac Newton |
{{Cquote|1=Thus:
{{in5}}<math>E=mc^2</math>|author=[[Albert Einstein]]}}
(quote text contains an equals sign and math syntax)
“ | Thus:
|
” |
— Albert Einstein |
{{Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |float=right |width=30%}}
(source with no author; floated right and width-constrained)
“ | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | ” |
— First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |
Note that it will wrap around article text like this. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
{{Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |width=50%}}
(same quote, no float, width constraint)
“ | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | ” |
— First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |
{{Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States}}
(same quote, no float, no width setting – for short quote, would use as much of line as necessary, and for longer quotes, full width of page, wrapping for multiple lines.)
“ | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | ” |
— First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |
TemplateData for Cquote
This template is intended for quotes. Usually this is not appropriate for encyclopedia articles. The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the {{Quote}} template or the HTML <blockquote> element.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quote | quote 1 quotetext text content | The quote to be visually repeated | Content | required |
Author | author personquoted | Name of the person that wrote or spoke the text being quoted
| Content | suggested |
Source | source publication title quotesource | Source of the quote (publication title, speech, etc.). Can include wiki syntax. Can be used without |author= (e.g. for a scripture, law, or other source without an author per se)
| Content | suggested |
Width | width | The width of the quote
| String | optional |
Float | float | Position the quote to float on the right or left side of the content
| String | optional |
Background color | bgcolor | The background color for the quote
| String | optional |
Quotation mark color | qcolor | Color of quotemarks (only for use in WP:Signpost, and personal pages; do not use in articles, guidelines, etc.)
| Unknown | optional |
Full width | wide | In older versions of the template, when this was set to "yes", the quote expanded to the entire width of the page, which was useful for long quotes. However, it clashed with other floating objects, such as infoboxes, and the template now auto expands and line wraps as needed (full page, or within a |width= constraint). | Boolean | deprecated |
small | small | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
personquoted | personquoted | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
publication | publication | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
title | title | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
quotesource | quotesource | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
2 | 2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
3 | 3 | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
4 | 4 | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
5 | 5 | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
Direction | rtl | Sets scrript direction right-to-left (Arabic, Hebrew)
| Unknown | optional |