C. High School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 8:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    “I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media.” --— Glenn Danzig

    "I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.” --— Booker T. Washington

    If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy. --Warren Buffett

  2. Speaker 2


    "Cowards die many times before their deaths." --— Julius Caesar

    Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. --Harry S. Truman

    I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay. --Bob Dylan

  3. Speaker 3


    Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. --Theodore Roosevelt

    Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. --Charles Swindoll

    You know nothing, Jon Snow. --Game of Thrones

  4. Speaker 4


    Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. --Albert Einstein

    If you think you have it tough, read history books. --Bill Maher

    The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. --Lao Tzu

  5. Speaker 5


    You can't really love someone else unless you really love yourself first. --Fred Rogers

    “Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.” --— Frank Ocean

    Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector. --Tom Woods

  6. Speaker 6


    Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. --Aldous Huxley

    Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. --Benjamin Franklin

    Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose. --Yoda, Revenge Of The Sith

  7. Speaker 7


    “Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes, and his weaknesses.” --— Democritus

    Always stand on principle...even if you stand alone. --John Adams

    You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood [...] back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting, but which are changing all the time. --Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

Round 2 - 9:30am

  1. Speaker 1


    Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. --Yoko Ono

    My courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?' --Lady Gaga

    Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. --Helen Keller

  2. Speaker 2


    Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. --Fred Rogers

    God helps those who help themselves. --Benjamin Franklin

    Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. --Arnold Schwarzenegger

  3. Speaker 3


    Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. --Warren Bennis

    Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. --Steve Jobs

    “Stand in as many pairs of shoes as you can manage, even ones you consider reprehensible or repulsive- even if it's just for a moment.” --— Ben Folds

  4. Speaker 4


    If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. --Virginia Woolf

    The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. --Alexander Alekhine

    "The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.” --— R. Lee Ermey

  5. Speaker 5


    "Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.” --— Ray Bradbury

    Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed. --John Jay

    A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. --Lao Tzu

  6. Speaker 6


    “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.” --— Noam Chomsky

    Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. --Barack Obama

    The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. --Daniel J Boorstin

  7. Speaker 7


    "Waste no time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” --— Marcus Aurelius

    Honey, you never looked better --The Parent Trap

    He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. --Benjamin Franklin

Round 3 - 10:45am

  1. Speaker 1


    "Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." --— Rosa Luxemburg

    “Society doesn’t have values. People have values.” --— Milton Friedman

    Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. --Benjamin Franklin

  2. Speaker 2


    There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. --Benjamin Franklin

    Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. --Anne Sweeney

    A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. --Polybius

  3. Speaker 3


    “Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.” --— Thomas Jefferson

    How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. --Alice Walker

    Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. --Marcus Aurelius

  4. Speaker 4


    Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. --Barack Obama

    Well done is better than well said. --Benjamin Franklin

    There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. --Elie Wiesel

  5. Speaker 5


    Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. --Albert Einstein

    Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. --Ayn Rand

    Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

  6. Speaker 6


    The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. --Aristotle

    Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1 --Warren Buffett

    I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am. --Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar)

  7. Speaker 7


    If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. --Benjamin Franklin

    Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. --Albert Einstein

    Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. --Steve Jobs