Amanda Ballard

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

Nothing will take the place of persistence.
Talent will not—nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent.
Genius will not—unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not—the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence & determination alone are omnipotent.

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@littleapostate This was about 2 weeks before my son was born last year. I was at the huge and miserable point 😫 This wasn’t even a maternity dress, but so comfortable

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@littleapostate So many dresses

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Charlie Kirk is a great man and a great fighter for the cause. Most importantly he’s a husband and a father. I’m praying for him and his family right now. Please do the same.

[O.W. Root @owroot]

People basically want to make more people like themselves.

Genuinely happy people want more people to be genuinely happy. Pissed off resentful people want people to be pissed off and resentful.

Realize this and surround yourself with people who want what's best for you.

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@owenbroadcast Interesting! I regularly put my baby in black skeleton pajamas … he just looks so precious in them! I wouldn’t dress him in black outside of home though.

[Micah Springut @mspringut]

Modern infrastructure builders are obsessed with brighter and whiter lighting when the answer is always soft and warm, like here in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

If you aren't Catholic then you don't believe that this Pope was elected through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so you'll troll through his twitter feed and analyze his selection through a modern political lens, as if he was just elected to a seat in the US senate rather than the Chair of Saint Peter.

If you are a believing Catholic then you do (or should) believe that his election is ordained by God. You view it through the lens of 2,000 years of Church history and the eternal will of the Almighty God. From that perspective, playing the gotcha game with old tweets is silly and bizarre.

This is why any conversation about the Pope on this site is destined to be disjointed, confused, and ultimately useless.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Cardinal Robert Prevost is the new Pope

[Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle]

Habemus papam
https://t.co/ic8gefEdns

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

Happiness has little to do with how much you have, but a lot to do with how much you appreciate what you have.

Attaining material comfort is good. However, many people achieve this goal and remain insufferable ingrates because they don't appreciate anything.

[Ian Miles Cheong @ianmiles]

This man says he will murder any federal agent who tries to deport an illegal alien from his classroom.

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@Michele_Tafoya @newbalance Bought my husband a pair! They’re his favorites.

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@littleapostate I adore Bella White! She doesn’t get enough love.

[JennaLaineESPN @JennaLaineESPN]

Once again embracing the “underdog” role, a hobbled Baker Mayfield and the Bucs managed to stun the Eagles with their sights set on the Lions next. Tight end Cade Otton said, “We're never out of the fight. We're always going to compete just like he does." https://t.co/ZiXJLVjytI

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

At my direction, @FLSERT is closely monitoring a severe weather system that may bring strong winds and isolated tornadoes across the Panhandle and Central Florida tonight through Tuesday. Residents should prepare for possible impacts and heed any warnings from officials. We have activated the @FLStateGuard to prepare for any impacts.

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

America’s top universities should abandon their long misadventure into politics, retrain their gaze on their core strengths and rebuild their reputations as centers of research and learning.

My take:

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@MaxNordau @NikkiHaley I lived in SC during her governorship & have no real answer to that question. I’ve lived in FL for Desantis’s administration, and can give you SO MANY meaningful things he’s done that have directly improved my family’s life.

[Amanda Ballard @Ba11ard]

@MRMasferrer @ManateeGov @KVOstenbridge @jamessatcher @GWKruse @JasonBeardenFL Disappointed, but not surprised you’d share this kind of misogynistic drivel. Absolutely bottom of the barrel woman-hating tropes, from the valley-girl voice to comments about the smell of my genitalia. You should be ashamed to amplify this.

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

"I just lost all respect for you."

- Person who never actually respected you