A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 4:00pm
Speaker 1
Spoon
Vehicle
DaughterSpeaker 2
Mango
Dog
SnowmanSpeaker 3
Boxers
Belt
OrangeSpeaker 4
Bikini
Cane
DressSpeaker 5
Brass
Guitar
CowSpeaker 6
Pig
Alligator
BlouseSpeaker 7
Plant
Newspaper
Boots
Round 2 - 5:30pm
Speaker 1
Loneliness
Brutality
RhythmSpeaker 2
honesty
Marriage
excitementSpeaker 3
Company
Courage
StrengthSpeaker 4
sympathy
Disregard
AngerSpeaker 5
Sorrow
Sacrifice
WealthSpeaker 6
Generosity
Sleep
ArtistySpeaker 7
Worry
Strictness
idiosyncrasy
Round 3 - 6:30pm
Speaker 1
Do not look where you feel. Look where you slipped. --African Proverb
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered. --Chinese Proverb
Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it. --African ProverbSpeaker 2
All good things come to an end
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.Speaker 3
What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.
Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today. --African Proverb
Clothes do not make a man.Speaker 4
No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree. --African Proverb
When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet. --Ethiopian proverb
Eagles don’t catch flies.Speaker 5
Forgive and forget
Where there is love, there is no darkness. --African Proverb
Necessity is the mother of inventionSpeaker 6
Too many cooks spoil the broth
No man is an island.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 7
There's no place like home.
Laughter is the best medicine
A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb
Finals - 8:00pm
Speaker 1
There’s always a bigger fish. --Unknown
When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself. --Benjamin Franklin
Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1 --Warren BuffetSpeaker 2
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.” --— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. --Winston Churchill
Only art and music have the power to bring peace. --Yoko OnoSpeaker 3
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future. --Warren Buffet
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. --Barack ObamaSpeaker 4
“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him" --— James Allen
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de SaintExupery (The Little Prince)
So soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that 'freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license,’ and they will define freedom out of existence.Speaker 5
"I wish I had invented a way not to die.” --— Thomas Edison
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” --— Benjamin Franklin
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. --Theodore HesburghSpeaker 6
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. --Anne Sweeney
They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it. --Ocean Vuong
Adventure is out there. --From the movie UpSpeaker 7
"I was not a perfect risk, but I was a risk worth taking.” --— Dwight Gooden
“We may hate each other, but let’s at least quit pretending we hate hating each other; we love hating each other.” --— Tim Kreider
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 8
- “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” --Eleanor Roosevelt
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” --Mark Twain
- “Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.” --John Lennon