C. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 8:00am
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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