B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Pattern B Round 1 - 10:45am
Speaker 1
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. --Elon Musk
I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts. --Plato
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. --Alexander HamiltonSpeaker 2
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is a disaster. --Elon Musk
Only the dead have seen the end of war. --Plato
We can’t all be heroes. Someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. --Alexander HamiltonSpeaker 3
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. --Elon Musk
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. --PlatoA well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
--Alexander HamiltonSpeaker 4
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up. --Elon Musk
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. --Plato
I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man. --Alexander HamiltonSpeaker 5
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. --Elon Musk
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. --Plato
Those who stand for nothing fall for everything. --Alexander HamiltonSpeaker 6
There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering. --Elon Musk
Love is a serious mental disease. --Plato
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. --Alexander Hamilton
Pattern B Round 2 - 2pm
Speaker 1
Books are a uniquely portable magic. --Stephen King
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. --Mick Jagger
Kids, just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I’m not listening. --Homer, The SimpsonsSpeaker 2
Get busy living or get busy dying. --Stephen King
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. --Mick Jagger
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. --Homer, The SimpsonsSpeaker 3
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. --Stephen King
Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up. --Mick Jagger
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. --Homer, The SimpsonsSpeaker 4
The scariest moment is always just before you start. --Stephen King
Life's just a cocktail party - on the street. --Mick Jagger
It takes two to lie; one to lie, and one to listen. --Homer, The SimpsonsSpeaker 5
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. --Stephen King
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope. --Mick Jagger
If anyone asks you something you don't understand, just say protons. --Homer, The SimpsonsSpeaker 6
Go then, there are other worlds than these. --Stephen King
The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.
--Mick Jagger
Between your genius and my nothing we make a great team. --Homer, The Simpsons