When you are trying to integrate a quote into a paper it helps to use what is called a "signal phrase". In her book "A Writer's Reference" Diana Hacker lists the following signal phrases on page 454:
* admitted * agreed * argued * asserted * believed * claimed * compared * confirmed * contended * declared * denied * emphasized * insisted * noted * observed * pointed out * reasoned * refuted * rejected * reported * responded * suggested * thought * wrote
