A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Arrow
Pipe
Elephant
Speaker 2
Desktop
Forest
Moonlight
Speaker 3
Wheelchair
Boots
Toothpaste
Speaker 4
Frog
Country
Chicken
Speaker 5
Pad
Potato
Park
Speaker 6
Hallway
Waist
Flower
Speaker 7
Keyboard
Nurse
Palm
Round 2 - 11:15am
Speaker 1
Luxury
Wealth
sadness
Speaker 2
Hatred
humor
omen
Speaker 3
Trend
Wariness
Freedom
Speaker 4
Fragile
Uncertain
Fashion
Speaker 5
Hurt
Wisdom
Calm
Speaker 6
Generosity
Comfort
Intelligence
Speaker 7
Friendship
wish
Childhood
Round 3 - 12:15pm
Speaker 1
Barking dogs seldom bite.
The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. --Ivorian proverb
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop
Speaker 2
Slow and steady wins the race.
Eagles don’t catch flies.
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches. --Nigerian proverb
Speaker 3
Hard words break no bones.
Beauty is only skin deep.
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. --Irish proverb
Speaker 4
A book holds a house of gold. --Chinese Proverb
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Where there’s smoke there’s fire
Speaker 5
Starlight shines far. --Chinese Proverb
Action speaks louder than words.
Practice what you preach
Speaker 6
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don’t kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
A happy heart is better than a full purse.
Speaker 7
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things. --Chinese Proverb
Finals - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
I find your lack of faith disturbing. --Darth Vader, A New Hope
I always just want to move along to the next step. --Ben Silbermann
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. --Alfred North Whitehead
Speaker 2
“Be it remembered, that liberty must at all hazards be supported.” --— John Adams
To infinity and beyond! --Toy Story
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. --Norman Schwarzkopf
Speaker 3
I want to be proud of this country, but when aspects of our policy don’t align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them. --Shepard Fairey
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. --Plutarch
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. --Abigail Van Buren
Speaker 4
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. --Blaise Pascal
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. --Theodore Roosevelt
You may leave school, but it never leaves you. --Andy Partridge
Speaker 5
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. --Marco Rubio
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
You ultimately decide, every day, whether or not your life will speak on behalf of the oppressed, or remain an inaudible but decisive tool for the status quo. --Lisa Kemmerer
Speaker 6
I have always drawn strength from being close to home. --Arthur Ashe
I never look back, darling. It distracts me from the now --The Incredibles
Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led. --Ross Perot
Speaker 7
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. --Margaret Mitchell
Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air --Saving Mr. Banks
Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are the men who defy what the school has taught them. --Ludwig von Mises