A. College Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
Wages are not paid for labor expended, but for the achievements of labor, which differ widely in quality and quantity. --Ludwig von Mises
Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.
“Discrimination is simply the act of choice. Scarcity requires us to choose; scarcity is the cause of discrimination.” --— Walter E. WilliamsSpeaker 2
“If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.” --— John Adams
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” --— Eric Hoffer
“One man’s inflexibility is another man’s adherence to principle. Whether intransigence is virtue or vice often depends on principle or stands on ceremony.” --— Jeff DeistSpeaker 3
"A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.” --— George Bernard Shaw
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” --— Margaret Thatcher
It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.Speaker 4
Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1
Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters. --Francisco Goya
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.Speaker 5
I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children. --Jackie Kennedy
“Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.” --— Gustave de Molinari
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. --Frank Lloyd WrightSpeaker 6
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years --Abraham Lincoln
Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 7
The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
“Americans try on the spiritual life of others like they don’t have any of their own." --— A.M. Homes
Round 2
Speaker 1
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
There's always a chance, Doctor, as long as one can think
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 2
If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right --Cars
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” --— Terry Pratchett
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 3
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. --Benjamin Franklin
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended. --Benjamin Franklin
When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness. --EuripidesSpeaker 4
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. --Andrew Jackson
Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. --Benjamin Franklin
In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. --Fred RogersSpeaker 5
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Let each man exercise the art he knows. --Aristophanes
Congratulations. You are being rescued. --K-2SO, Rogue One: A Star Wars StorySpeaker 6
"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." --— Frédéric Bastiat
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are. --G. Edward GriffinSpeaker 7
“The dumber you are, the less aware you are… Most people don’t know. Most people don’t care. Most people don’t care to know." --— Adam Carolla
Either you will control your government, or government will control you.
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. --Aldous Huxley
Round 3
Speaker 1
Sometimes you gotta get through your fear to see the beauty on the other side
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous Huxley
Thus only groweth man aloft to the height where the lightning striketh and shattereth him: high enough for the lightning! --Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke ZarathustraSpeaker 2
“It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or other men’s property, which they had not before, as individuals.” --— Lysander Spooner
"Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.” --— George Bernard Shaw
A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell.Speaker 3
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. --Benjamin Franklin
“One reason people go to mass rallies is to become stupider and surer of themselves than they are when they’re alone.” --— Tim Kreider
The man of science is a poor philosopher. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 4
Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure. --James Altucher
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. --Albert Einstein
"Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.” --— James A. GarfieldSpeaker 5
“The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil.” --— Fulton Sheen
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all --Mulan
“In the land of ideas, you are always renting.” --— Steven SoderberghSpeaker 6
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. --Benjamin Franklin
“Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes, and his weaknesses.” --— Democritus
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.Speaker 7
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Your silence will not protect you. --Audre Lorde