B. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts
Pattern B Round 1 - 10:45am
Speaker 1
It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy. --Steve Jobs
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. --Scott Adams
Be thankful we are not getting all the government we are paying for. --Will Rogers
Speaker 2
Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. --Steve Jobs
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. --Scott Adams
We can’t all be heroes. Someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. --Will Rogers
Speaker 3
I’m as proud of what we don’t do as what we do. --Steve Jobs
Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue. --Scott Adams
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is. --Will Rogers
Speaker 4
Remembering that I will be dead soon is the most important tool to help make the big choices in life. --Steve Jobs
Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent. --Scott Adams
All I know I read in the papers. --Will Rogers
Speaker 5
Sometimes when you innovate you make mistakes. It’s best to admit them quickly and get on with it. --Steve Jobs
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. --Scott Adams
Live in such a way you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. --Will Rogers
Speaker 6
Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want to change the world? --Steve Jobs
‘Wrong’ is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses. --Scott Adams
We are all here for a spell. Get all the good laughs you can. --Will Rogers
Pattern B Round 2 - 2pm
Speaker 1
I have a new philosophy. I’m only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown
It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. --Homer, The Iliad
It’s our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 2
Happiness is a warm puppy --Charles Schulz, Snoopy
A small rock holds back a great wave --Homer, The Iliad
If you’re holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 3
The psychiatrist is in. --Charles Schulz, Lucy
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. --Homer, The Iliad
What’s comin’ will come and we’ll meet it when it does. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 4
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter like unrequited love. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. --Homer, The Iliad
Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 5
Keep looking up. That’s the secret of life. --Charles Schulz, Linus
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing; let there be one ruler, one king. --Homer, The Odyssey
You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 6
I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown
There is strength even in very sorry men. --Homer, The Iliad
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Speaker 7
Dear Valentine, I love you. Whoever you are. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown
By their own follies they died, the fools. --Homer, The Odyssey
Your qualifications are not your life. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter
Pattern B Finals - 5:15pm
Speaker 1
Truth is like a rotten tooth—you gotta spit it out. --M.I.A
You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive. --Eminem
Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself. --Jay-ZSpeaker 2
You have to constantly redefine who you are. --M.I.A
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.--Eminem
I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well! --Jay-ZSpeaker 3
Confidence takes constant nurturing, like a bed, it must be remade every day. --M.I.A
Success is my only option, failure’s not. --Eminem
I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me. --Jay-ZSpeaker 4
Whoever is inside is inside, whoever is out is out. --M.I.A
Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them. --Eminem
I’d rather die enormous than live dormant. --Jay-ZSpeaker 5
My statements aren’t incomplete, they’re just in progress. --M.I.A
Backstabbers are only powerful when you got your back turned. --Eminem
The genius thing we did was, we didn’t give up. --Jay-ZSpeaker 6
Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing. --M.I.A
I realized, ‘Yo, I can’t do anything in moderation. I don’t know how . --Eminem
I’m not afraid of dying I’m afraid of not trying. --Jay-ZSpeaker 7
Everyone has that moment where they just rebel. -- M.I.A
A lot of truth is said in jest. --Eminem
I will not lose. Even in defeat there are lessons to be learned. --Jay-Z