A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 4:00pm
Speaker 1
Voice
Hat
Bulb
Speaker 2
Pharmacist
Board
Neck
Speaker 3
Architect
Pasta
Armchair
Speaker 4
Shower
Phone
Watermelon
Speaker 5
Mirror
Whisker
Dentist
Speaker 6
Giraffe
Bow
Hospital
Speaker 7
Vehicle
Toes
Elephant
Round 2 - 5:30pm
Speaker 1
Confidence
Strength
Sensitivity
Speaker 2
Insanity
Apprehension
Unemployment
Speaker 3
Poverty
Opportunity
Chaos
Speaker 4
Anxiety
Liberty
Defeat
Speaker 5
Loss
Gossip
Wealth
Speaker 6
Fascination
Thrill
Divorce
Speaker 7
Education
Charity
Loneliness
Round 3 - 6:45pm
Speaker 1
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. --Chinese Proverb
Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away. --Chinese Proverb
Great minds think alike.
Speaker 2
May you get all your wishes but one, so that you will always have something to strive for! --Irish proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Speaker 3
Cross the stream where it is the swallowest.
One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own. --Chinese Proverb
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Speaker 4
An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend. --Senegalese proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining.
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. --Irish proverb
Speaker 5
Absence makes the heart fonder.
Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. --Chinese Proverb
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Speaker 6
Beauty is in the eye of beholder.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. --Chinese Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Speaker 7
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. --Chinese Proverb
We desire to bequeath two things to our children. The first one is roots; the other one is wings. --Sudanese proverb
No gain without pain.
Finals - 8:00pm
Speaker 1
Great lives never go out; they go on. --Benjamin Harrison
Whoever is new to power is always harsh. --Aeschylus
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. --Albert Einstein
Speaker 2
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. --Abraham Lincoln
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. --Aldous Huxley
Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. --Aung San Suu Kyi
Speaker 3
I find forgiveness to be really healthy. --Ben Affleck
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. --Benjamin Franklin
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. --Alexander Graham Bell
Speaker 4
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right. A single experiment can prove me wrong. --Albert Einstein
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. --Aristotle
I saw few die of hunger of eating, a hundred thousand. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 5
The road to success is always under construction. --Arnold Palmer
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. --Barack Obama
Beware the hobby that eats. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 6
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. --Aristotle
I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. --Amy Tan
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. --Aldous Huxley
Speaker 7
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. --Benjamin Franklin
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. --Arthur Conan Doyle
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. --Aldous Huxley