A. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse
We are always getting ready to live but never living
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. --Christian Nestell BoveeSpeaker 2
There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus
“Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.” --— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“It is easy to be conspicuously ‘compassionate’ if others are being forced to pay the cost.” --— Murray RothbardSpeaker 3
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. --Malcolm X
“American schools do not equip you to deal with things like logic; they don't give you the criteria by which to judge between good and bad in any medium or format; and they prepare you to be a usable victim for military-industrial complex that needs manpower.” --— Frank Zappa
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.Speaker 4
"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” --— Jacob Riis
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right. A single experiment can prove me wrong. --Albert Einstein
Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelopeSpeaker 5
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. --Albus Dumbledore
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. --Abraham LincolnSpeaker 6
"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in the case of conflict, the man before the dollar.” --— Abraham Lincoln
Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.
If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way. --Seamus HeaneySpeaker 7
Whatever you are, be a good one. --Abraham Lincoln
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” --— George Bernard Shaw
The media shows the tiniest percentage of what people do. There are millions and millions of people doing wonderful things all over the world, and they're generally not the ones being touted in the news. --Fred Rogers
Round 2
Speaker 1
“Time moves differently in hospitals—both slower and faster. The minutes stand still, but the hours evaporate.” --— Tim Kreider
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. --Albert Einstein
Leadership is influence. --John C. MaxwellSpeaker 2
Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. --Fred Rogers
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. --Albus Dumbledore
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous HuxleySpeaker 3
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. --Benjamin Franklin
Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. --Abigail Adams
"You can't have creativity without chutzpah. It takes enormous chutzpah to believe that you will have an idea that will change and make a lot of money. But unless you believe that, you will never become an entrepreneur. --— Yossi VardiSpeaker 4
"For society is nothing but collaboration." --— Ludwig von Mises
At this age, I should be leading a quiet life. --Aung San Suu Kyi
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.Speaker 5
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards --Abraham Lincoln
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. --EM Forster
There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship. --Ai WeiweiSpeaker 6
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. --Benjamin Franklin
“We make it look easy on the court… because we practice until we cannot get it wrong anymore." --— Basketball player Gabby Williams
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.” --— Mark TwainSpeaker 7
"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." --— E.L. Doctorow
You come at the king, you best not miss.
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. --Aldous Huxley
Round 3
Speaker 1
Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future. --Dale Turner
“Once is a mistake, twice is jazz.” --— Attributed to Miles Davis
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 RogersSpeaker 2
Life is to be entered upon with courage. --Alexis de Tocqueville
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. --John C. Maxwell
“Our country’s founders cherished liberty, not democracy.” --— Ron PaulSpeaker 3
You may delay, but time will not. --Benjamin Franklin
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. --Bruce Lee
At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 4
I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy --Finding Nemo
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth. --Fred Rogers
Adventure is out thereSpeaker 5
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. --George Washington
I have no sense of humor about losing
"There is no man that is free from all evil, nor any man that is so evil to be worth nothing.” --— David Castillo's last words, executed in Texas on Aug. 23, 1998Speaker 6
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs. --Aldous Huxley
Well done is better than well said. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 7
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. --Benjamin Franklin
I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. --Milton Friedman
“Agents of change are often obsessive, intransigent, unreasonable, and demanding.” --— Rebecca Solnit