A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 4:00PM
Speaker 1
Trench coat
Swan
Host
Speaker 2
Luggage
Table
Train station
Speaker 3
Boat
Sofa
Jersey
Speaker 4
Cheese
Wrist
Flag
Speaker 5
Children
Factory
Judge
Speaker 6
Mouth
Air
Market
Speaker 7
Frock
Watch
Bikini
Round 2 - 5:45PM
Speaker 1
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Ignorance is bliss
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Speaker 2
Jack of all trades, master of none.
While the cat’s away, the mice will play
All things change, and we change with them. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 3
It is easy to open a store - the hard part is keeping it open. --Chinese Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Small is beautiful.
Speaker 4
Even the lion, the king of the forest, protects himself against flies. --Ghanaian proverb
The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones. --Tswana proverb
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Speaker 5
One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn’t feel the cold. --Fipa proverb
Haste makes waste.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Speaker 6
Distant water does not put out a nearby fire. --Chinese Proverb
A needle is not sharp at both ends. --Chinese Proverb
Make the best of a bad bargain.
Speaker 7
Do a good deed and throw it into the sea. --Egyptian proverb
An empty vessel makes much noise
Every grey cloud has a silver lining
Round 3 - 6:45pm
Speaker 1
Confusion
Fear
Intelligence
Speaker 2
Pain
Trend
Anger
Speaker 3
Riches
Victory
Timing
Speaker 4
Sanity
Laughter
Coldness
Speaker 5
Sorrow
Generosity
Death
Speaker 6
Trust
Fragility
Pleasure
Speaker 7
Failure
Inflation
Principle
Finals - 8:00pm
Speaker 1
We make war that we may live in peace. --Aristotle
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. --Anne Frank
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. --Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 2
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --Albert Einstein
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. --Thomas Jefferson
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. --Andrew Jackson
Speaker 3
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. --Bruce Lee
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. --Benjamin Franklin
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. --Arthur Conan Doyle
Speaker 4
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. --Aldous Huxley
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. --Benjamin Franklin
I can take any truth just don't lie to me. --Barbra Streisand
Speaker 5
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. --Albert Einstein
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. --Benjamin Franklin
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. --Albert Einstein
Speaker 6
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. --Blaise Pascal
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. --Albert Einstein
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. --Bruce Lee
Speaker 7
You don’t know what you can miss before you try.” --Franklin Pierce
I'm happiest with my family around me. --Amy Winehouse
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. --Aldous Huxley