A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
Umbrella
Forest
RemoteSpeaker 2
Popcorn
Tea
BeansSpeaker 3
Plant
Sofa
TissueSpeaker 4
Telephone
Mirror
PandaSpeaker 5
Pyramid
Boots
UnderwearSpeaker 6
Buckles
Rice
TieSpeaker 7
Hat
Sister
Garage
Round 2
Speaker 1
Curiosity
Fragility
CourageSpeaker 2
Awe
Company
submissionSpeaker 3
Restoration
wish
impressionSpeaker 4
Weariness
Rhythm
HopeSpeaker 5
Maturity
Gain
DisregardSpeaker 6
Confidence
Opinion
RealitySpeaker 7
Apprehension
Clarity
Goal
Round 3
Speaker 1
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. --Chinese Proverb
The course of true love never did run smooth.
He who hesitates is lost.Speaker 2
A good listener is a silent flatterer.
Every horse thinks its own pack is heaviest.
Where there is love, there is no darkness. --African ProverbSpeaker 3
Enjoy it while it lasts
The longest way around is the shortest way home.
To kill two birds with one stoneSpeaker 4
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away. --Chinese Proverb
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. --Irish proverbSpeaker 5
Those who just want speed don't succeed. --Chinese Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 6
Two wrongs don’t make a right
No medicine exists that can cure hatred. --African Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.Speaker 7
Practice makes perfect
To get lost is to learn the way. --African Proverb
Politeness costs little but yields much.
Finals
Speaker 1
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. --Aristotle
I find your lack of faith disturbing. --Darth Vader, A New Hope
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 2
Hope is a waking dream. --Aristotle
"A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.” --— George Bernard Shaw
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. --James MadisonSpeaker 3
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. --Edward Abbey
The less you talk, the more you're listened to. --Abigail Van Buren
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.Speaker 4
Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. --Anwar Sadat
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. --Benjamin Franklin
Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed. --John JaySpeaker 5
The function of freedom is to free someone else. --Toni Morrison
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.Speaker 6
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. --Alice Walker
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. --Aldous Huxley
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. --AristotleSpeaker 7
It's up to you how far you go. If you don't try, you'll never know
Not all those who wander are lost. --J.R.R. Tolkein (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. --Dale Carnegie