B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
- Grapes
- Ocean
- Necklace
Speaker 2
- Oil
- Book
- Restaurant
Speaker 3
- Freezer
- Lemon
- Piano
Speaker 4
- Sandals
- Tongue
- Jaw
Speaker 5
- Fruit
- Model
- Farm
Speaker 6
- Potato
- Suitcase
- Train
Speaker 7
- Lips
- Turtle
- Father
Finals - 5:55pm
Speaker 1
- Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
- When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night’s sleep for the chance of extra profits. --Warren Buffett
- Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 2
- Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! --Andrew Carnegie
- Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. --Brian Tracy
- Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 3
- Keep all your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket closely. --Warren Buffett
- At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. --Benjamin Franklin
- A leader is a dealer in hope. --Napoleon Bonaparte
Speaker 4
- You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. --Andre Agassi
- After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. --Aldous Huxley
- The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 5
- Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' --Fred Rogers
- Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy. --George Washington
- No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. --Andrew Carnegie
Speaker 6
- People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. --Aldous Huxley
- It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. --Horace
- "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." --Thomas Jefferson
Speaker 7
- "Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you're thinking or feeling unless you share it." --Fred Rogers
- In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. --Benjamin Franklin
- Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. --Aldous Huxley
Round 2 - 3:00pm
Speaker 1
- Sensitivity
- Insanity
- Generation
Speaker 2
- Dedication
- Goal
- Determination
Speaker 3
- Strictness
- Relief
- Compassion
Speaker 4
- Law
- Ability
- Love
Speaker 5
- Hatred
- Luck
- Contentment
Speaker 6
- Success
- Kindness
- Weakness
Speaker 7
- Silliness
- Energetic
- Awe
Round 3 - 4:15pm
Speaker 1
- Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
- What goes around comes around
- A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures. --Irish proverb
Speaker 2
- One shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees
- Pen is mightier than the sword
- A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. --Irish proverb
Speaker 3
- Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. --Chinese Proverb
- As you sow, so you shall reap.
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Speaker 4
- You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. --Irish proverb
- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
- You cant have an omelete unless you break the egg.
Speaker 5
- You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was. --Irish proverb
- Better late than never.
- Every cloud has a silver lining
Speaker 6
- No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. --Chinese Proverb
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- A jack of all trades is master of none.
Speaker 7
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- All that glitters is not gold
- Be a mountain or lean on one. --Somali proverb