A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 4:00pm
Speaker 1
Butter
Shorts
Cafe
Speaker 2
Cabinet
Owl
Deer
Speaker 3
Washing machine
Drill
Waiter
Speaker 4
Wolf
Computer
London
Speaker 5
Lamp
Canoe
Frog
Speaker 6
Book
Scale
Skirt
Speaker 7
Police
Garage
Whale
Round 2 - 5:30pm
Speaker 1
Amazement
Chaos
Clarity
Speaker 2
consideration
Inflation
Confidence
Speaker 3
Evil
Freedom
romance
Speaker 4
Anger
Envy
Gossip
Speaker 5
Self-control
Satisfaction
excitement
Speaker 6
Relaxation
Customer service
Pride
Speaker 7
Awareness
Communication
Marriage
Finals - 8:00pm
Speaker 1
“Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough.” --— Frédéric Bastiat
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” --— Napoléon Bonapart
"I think I wrote pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.” --— Steve Martin
Speaker 2
“I hope we never find life on another planet because if we do there's no doubt that the United States will start sending them money!” --— Donald Trump
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. --Alexis de Tocqueville
Everything is possible. Even the impossible --Mary Poppins Returns
Speaker 3
A friendly piece of advice; assume that I know everything. --Moff Gideon, The Mandalorian
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. --Mark Twain
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. --Alice Walker
Speaker 4
The thing that makes Woody special is that he’ll never give up on you --Toy Story 3
“I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves.” --— Frank Zappa
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. --Nelson Mandela
Speaker 5
Observe all men, thyself most. --Benjamin Franklin
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” --— Benjamin Franklin
You see, when the world turns upside down, the best thing is to turn right along with it --Mary Poppins Returns
Speaker 6
He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas. --Benjamin Franklin
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. --Boris Yeltsin
There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help. --Fred Rogers
Speaker 7
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. --Thomas Jefferson
“There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.” --— Banksy
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” --— Theodore Roosevelt
Round 3 - 6:45pm
Speaker 1
Get out while the getting is good.
Good swimmers are often drowned.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
Speaker 2
Think thrice before you act. --Chinese Proverb
Its better to be safe than sorry
The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 3
It's better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. --Chinese Proverb
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. --African Proverb
If you want to avoid being cheated, ask for prices at three different stores. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 4
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. --Chinese Proverb
You do not fatten a pig by weighing it.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
Speaker 5
Different strokes for different folks.
What goes up must come down.
Where water is the boss, there the land must obey. --African proverb
Speaker 6
There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down. --Irish proverb
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Strict teachers produce fine students. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 7
A watched pot never boils.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs. --African proverb