Well hello again. One of my many nieces just used the quote "such is life" as a comment on Facebook and it got me a thinking.

Now we all know that our friend from the west and soon to be Richmond football team member, (we hope that is), Benny boy has this quote tattooed on his belly and o'what a lovely belly that is but I digress. It was also said to have been the last words spoken by Ned Kelly just before he was hung for murder, a murder he freely admitted to!!! Though some current historians what to make this fellow much more than the simple dumb robber, (see I can be nice), that he was!!!

Now it is the use of quotes that I wish to have a chat about today.

Do we use quotes much today and if so do we use them correctly???

We all can remember the former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, (oops I lost me trousers), saying during another recession we weren't having that "life was not meant to be easy". Now hearing that and taking it in you would think right, life is tough get over it and get on with it!!

Yes???

Now the full quote is I believe "like was not meant to be easy but then it can be quite wondrous". Now doesn't that leave you with a whole different feeling and thought process?? It does me. It makes me feel up lifted and happy. It says that it doesn't matter what life can through at you, that life can and IS wondrous and that IT will be alright in the end!!'

So if you do use a quote use it correctly, if ya can, cause words both spoken and written are more powerful than all the bombs and bullets in the world. They can harm greatly but more importantly they can help and save, foster greatness, make the weak strong and just make this old world of ours a happy and better place.

But then it's not that i know everything...............but??

P.S. can one start and finish a sentence with a but???? Though clearly you can cause I just did!!!