A. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 3:00 PM
Speaker 1
Cabinet
Bill
MobileSpeaker 2
Brain
Senator
ChestSpeaker 3
Jumper
Bucket
SkirtSpeaker 4
Jaw
Dresser
DolphinSpeaker 5
Gift
Truck
DesignerSpeaker 6
Grapes
Shark
SandalsSpeaker 7
Fan
Salt
Buckles
Round 2 - 4:15 PM
Speaker 1
thought
sadness
helpfulnessSpeaker 2
submission
Patience
EducationSpeaker 3
Goal
Customer service
CompassionSpeaker 4
romance
Happiness
AdvantageSpeaker 5
Beauty
Liberty
IdeaSpeaker 6
Dishonesty
Anxiety
ApprehensionSpeaker 7
Horror
Thrill
knowledge
Round 3 - 5:30 PM
Speaker 1
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. --Chinese Proverb
Want a thing long enough and you don't. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 2
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Give Someone an Inch and They’ll Take a Mile
Grief divided is made lighter.Speaker 3
It’s not over till it’s over
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.Speaker 4
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Cross the stream where it is the swallowest.
Familiarity breeds contempt.Speaker 5
The proof of pudding is in eating.
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s claw.
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.Speaker 6
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
If you snooze, you lose.
Think thrice before you act. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 7
When you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger.
Every dog has its day
He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune. --African proverb
Round - 3:00 PM
Speaker 1
Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. --David G. Allen
“We make it look easy on the court… because we practice until we cannot get it wrong anymore." --— Basketball player Gabby Williams
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. --Frank Lloyd WrightSpeaker 2
The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is. --Fred Rogers
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. --Ken Kesey
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. --Mother TeresaSpeaker 3
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. --Bob Marley
“I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy." --— Ayn Rand
You were my new dreamSpeaker 4
"Few men have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.” --—George Washington
The first mistake in public business is the going into it. --Benjamin Franklin
What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. --Andy WarholSpeaker 5
Get busy living or get busy dying.
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. --Bertrand Russell
“I find it very hard to vote for someone who's going to have power over me." --— Norm MacdonaldSpeaker 6
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. --Albert Einstein
"Soon it is going to rain and my roses will drown.” --— Reinaldo Arenas
I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone. --Betty FordSpeaker 7
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.” --— Halon’s Razor
A friendly piece of advice; assume that I know everything. --Moff Gideon, The Mandalorian
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. --Benjamin Franklin
Round - 5:30 PM
Speaker 1
It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do. --E.A. Bucchianeri
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. --George Washington
Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. --C. Joy BellSpeaker 2
A leader is a dealer in hope.
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” --— Margaret Thatcher
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. --Fred RogersSpeaker 3
Though at times it may feel like the sky is falling around you, never give up, for every day is a new day --Chicken Little
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. --John F. Kennedy
As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. --John Green (The Fault in Our Stars)Speaker 4
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
“Words [...] are used as bullets in a form of verbal warfare, not as honest descriptions." --— Jeff Deist
“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” --— Mary Kay AshSpeaker 5
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. --Barack Obama
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills. --Sheryl SandbergSpeaker 6
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for. --Joseph Heller (Catch 22)
"And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.” --— William J.H. Boetcker
"Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone. Person to person.” --— Mother TeresaSpeaker 7
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that will. --Chuck Palahniuk
Without music, life would be a mistake. --Friedrich Nietzsche
Elim 3 - 7:30 PM
Speaker 1
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. --Aldous Huxley
"Stories unite people. Theories divide them.” --— Dr. James Billington (Librarian of Congress)
“Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.” --— Frank OceanSpeaker 2
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. --Bruce Lee
Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us. --Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
You just focused on the bad stuff when all you had to do was let go of the past and keep moving forward --Meet the RobinsonsSpeaker 3
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. --Arthur Ashe
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.Speaker 4
Your focus determines your reality.
The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. --Barack Obama
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 5
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. --Amelia Earhart
No justice movement in history would have been successful if it had tailored its language to the oppressors. --Alex J. O’Connor
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good movie.” --— Jack Epps, Jr.Speaker 6
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. --Benjamin Franklin
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay. --Aldous Huxley
“It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites." --— Thomas SowellSpeaker 7
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. --Fred Rogers
Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure. --James Altucher