The phrase "attributed to a quotation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the source or origin of a specific quote or statement, indicating that the quote is linked to a particular person or work.
Example: "The famous line 'To be or not to be' is often attributed to a quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet."
Alternatives: "credited to a quote" or "ascribed to a quotation".
The false positive growths on sucrose, cellobiose and d-glucosamine probably attributed to a direct quotation of yeast reactions in iNL895 and iYali4, while the false positive growths on d-xylose, melibiose, and maltose may be activated by intention for simulation purpose (Forster et al. 2007; Wang et al. 2014).
The article included a quotation attributed to a lawyer for New Line, said to be involved in the suit but not further identified, contending that Mr. Jackson had already received an enormous amount of money from the company and asserting, "There's a certain piggishness involved here".
The advert shows a threatening-looking man with his head and face wrapped in a scarf, next to a quotation attributed to a music video from the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
The quotation, attributed to a law enforcement official, was replaced with another from the same interview because the original quotation created the erroneous impression that the official was saying Julian Assange would not be arrested if he came to the United States.
The quotation, attributed to an unnamed ancient Chinese philosopher, read: "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him -- worse when they despise him.
The quotation is attributed to an anonymous donor to the museum, and read: "The Nature Lab is a gift to Los Angeles to celebrate all of God's creatures and enable NHM to broaden our understanding of the natural world through the process of scientific discovery".
For years, Erdoğan's critics attributed to him a damning quotation that, they said, revealed his true intentions.
But the word locally was that she was upset about a quotation attributed to William, a sixth grader at the Mott School, in a local newspaper, The Trentonian.
The error also appeared in a quotation attributed to Lauren Mistretta, a spokeswoman for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Others have used the phrase to describe Adams over the years, Mr. McCullough said, and he himself confused it with a quotation attributed to Jefferson, calling Adams a "colossus on the floor" of the Continental Congress.
