A. College Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 8:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. --Christiaan Barnard
    2. Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human. --Luis Barragan
    3. Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” – Oscar Wilde
  2. Speaker 2


    1. The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. --Saint Augustine
    2. Practice puts brains in your muscles. --Sam Snead
    3. It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time. --Jeff Foxworthy
  3. Speaker 3


    1. They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. --Tom Bodett
    2. Freedom lies in being bold. --Robert Frost
    3. “Happiness is a choice. Peace is a state of mind. Both are free!” – Amy Leigh Mercree
  4. Speaker 4


    1. My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple. --Cate Blanchett
    2. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
    3. Who would you want to be giving you advice? Somebody who doesn't have any money? --Suze Orman
  5. Speaker 5


    1. Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules. --Anna Quindlen
    2. We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. --John F. Kennedy
    3. The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. – J. Robert Oppenheimer
  6. Speaker 6


    1. Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. --Samuel Johnson
    2. Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
    3. What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it. --Bob Dylan
  7. Speaker 7


    1. There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. --Michel de Montaigne
    2. The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action. --Orison Swett Marden
    3. Happiness seems made to be shared. --Pierre Corneille

Round 2 - 9:30am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. --Ted Koppel
    2. It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. --Arthur Balfour
    3. Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln
  2. Speaker 2


    1. Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth. --Albert Pike
    2. To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing. --Fred Durst
    3. There are no shortcuts in evolution. --Louis D. Brandeis
  3. Speaker 3


    1. A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. --Samuel Johnson
    2. Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. --Grace Paley
    3. Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. --George Bernard Shaw
  4. Speaker 4


    1. We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire. --Francois de La Rochefoucauld
    2. The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. --Blaise Pascal
    3. One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Speaker 5


    1. The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. – James Matthew Barrie
    2. It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing. --Ruth Handler
    3. Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. --Epictetus
  6. Speaker 6


    1. Imagination needs to be fed. --Barbara Januszkiewicz
    2. The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. --Lucius Annaeus Seneca
    3. Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. --Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Speaker 7


    1. We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society. --Joe Biden
    2. The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible. --Ray Bradbury
    3. Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. --Gordon B. Hinckley

Round 3 - 10:40am

  1. Speaker 1


    “Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.” – Tecumseh

    “All who have died are equal.” – Comanche Wisdom

    “The more you know, the less you need.” – Australian Aboriginal Wisdom

  2. Speaker 2


    “If we must die, we die defending our rights.” – Sitting Bull

    “Hold on to what is good, Even if it’s a handful of earth.” – Crowfoot

    “Health and healing are interwoven, which means that one can’t be separated from the other.” – Dr. Tamara Mackean

  3. Speaker 3


    “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph

    “It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” – Apache Wisdom

    “Those who lose dreaming are lost.” – Australian Aboriginal Wisdom

  4. Speaker 4


    “Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.” – Black Elk

     “When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.” – Chief White Eagle, Ponca

    “When the land is taken from us or destroyed, we feel hurt because we belong to the land and we are part of it.” – Djinyini Gondarra

  5. Speaker 5


    “He who stands lives; he who sits perishes.” – Māori proverb

    “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” – Dakota Wisdom

    ”May as well be here, we are as where we are.” – Australian ‘Aboriginal Wisdom

  6. Speaker 6


    “The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” – Wilma Mankiller

    “My journey started with basically seeing the need and knowing that I was able to change my whole community.” – Shanice Appels

    “We need a seat at the table … If we’re not at the table, we’re probably on the menu.” ― Roberto Mukaro Borrero

  7. Speaker 7


    “Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” – Louise Erdrich

    “I believe that the future generation is well protected in the good actions of the present generation.” – Gift Parseen

    “Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.” ― Oren Lyons

Finals - noon

  1. Speaker 1


    “Mornings are for coffee and contemplation.” – Jim Hopper

    You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln

    Many hands make light work

  2. Speaker 2


    “You shouldn’t like things because people tell you you’re supposed to.” – Jonathan Byers

    The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Mike Murdock

    Strike while the iron is hot

  3. Speaker 3


    “There’s more to life than stupid boys, you know.” – Max Mayfield

    The youth is the hope of our future. Jose Rizal

    Don’t judge a book by its cover

     

  4. Speaker 4


    “Being a freak is the best. I’m a freak.” – Jonathan Byers

    I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. Albert Einstein

    Better late than never

     

  5. Speaker 5


    “We’re not even in the game; we’re on the bench.” – Mike Wheeler

    Only you can control your future. Dr. Seuss

    Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

     

  6. Speaker 6


    “You’re just not nimble enough, but you’ll get there someday.” – Lucas Sinclair

    You can never plan the future by the past. Edmund Burke

    It’s no use crying over spilled milk

  7. Speaker 7


    “People don’t spend their lives trying to look at what’s behind the curtain. They like the curtain. It provides them stability, comfort, and definition.” – Murray Bauman

    Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. Andrew Carnegie

    You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs