"There is nothing--absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
An exact quote would be...a quote, basically, with nothing edited, as in a quote.
Answer Thou Shall Not Cheat. That quote comes from the Ten Commandments and depending on what you mean about messing around, it could probably fall under that Commandmant.
The Quote is "A Rising tide floats all boats." and It was JFK Actually, it was: a rising tide lifts all the boats (1963)
quote or quotation
That is a direct quote since those are the waitress' exact words. It would be an indirect quote if you summarized her words.
Exact Quote
No. A quote is where we give someone's exact words. You can quote from a poem, but also from a newspaper article or a story or a speech.
When the exact wording of the quote is important you welcome
Quote or quotation.
You're basically saying what someone said, but not an exact quote.
A direct quote.
If I'm not mistaken, it was not in a movie but in a TV series, White Collar. The exact quote is "I know why I'm naked. Why are you ?"