A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 2 - 5:30pm
Speaker 1
Beauty
Company
opportunism
Speaker 2
Failure
wish
patriotism
Speaker 3
Divorce
Disregard
Hate
Speaker 4
Power
Dexterity
calmness
Speaker 5
Liberty
Idea
parenthood
Speaker 6
Skill
stupidity
Infancy
Speaker 7
idiosyncrasy
Trend
Justice
Finals - 8:00pm
Speaker 1
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. --Benjamin Franklin
There’s always a bigger fish. --Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace
“Good stories seldom come from happy experiences.” --— Tim Kreider
Speaker 2
It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. --Harry S. Truman
To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do. --Bruce Lee
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” --— Friedrich Nietzsche
Speaker 3
Activism has been very productive in our society. --Anthony Fauci
If you somehow believe that correcting the intolerance of others should be done by attacking, smearing, shouting and name-calling others, you've become your own enemy. --Katherine Brodsky
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." --— Robert Frost
Speaker 4
"There will be many fire alarms in your life, but few fires.” --— Adam Carolla
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. --Woodrow Wilson
Never give up. Keep trying and pushing and struggling, even if you don't know what your goal is or why you would want to achieve it. --Jack Handey
Speaker 5
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. --Elbert Hubbard
You just have to find your activism and don’t let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you’re doing the work, and you’re getting someone to think, you’re on the right path. --Angie Thomas
Sometimes you try your hardest, but things don't work out the way you want them to --Lilo & Stitch
Speaker 6
“As government expands, liberty contracts.” --— Ronald Reagan
“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” --— Elbert Hubbard
I’m bad, and that’s good. I will never be good, and that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be than me --Wreck-It-Ralph
Speaker 7
Never tell me the odds. --Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. --Aristotle
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. --Amelia Earhart
Round 3 - 6:30pm
Speaker 1
It takes more than one cold day for a river to freeze a meter deep. --Chinese Proverb
Blessings come in disguise. --Chinese Proverb
The fool speaks, the wise man listens. --African Proverb
Speaker 2
Make hay while the sun shines.
Keep the general goal in sight while tackling daily tasks. --Chinese Proverb
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito. --African Proverb
Speaker 3
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
Better to be poor and healthy than rich and sick.
Better little than too little. --Cameroonian proverb
Speaker 4
Every dog has its day
Seeing is believing
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 5
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Don’t cast pearls before swine.
When using books, you'll regret reading few. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 6
A smile dispels many worries. --Chinese Proverb
Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden. --Irish proverb
A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb
Speaker 7
Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs. --Chinese Proverb
A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things. --Chinese Proverb
Want a thing long enough and you don't. --Chinese Proverb
Round 1 - 4:00pm
Speaker 1
Detective
Razor
Toothpaste
Speaker 2
Vase
Socks
Milk
Speaker 3
Costume
Zoo
Xylophone
Speaker 4
Microscope
Chair
Grapes
Speaker 5
Lips
Police station
Veterinarian
Speaker 6
Hamburger
Lemon
Mango
Speaker 7
Beans
Oil
Gift