A. College Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. --Aesop
"If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you.” --— George Bernard Shaw
Learning never exhausts the mind. --Leonardo da VinciSpeaker 2
“It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or other men’s property, which they had not before, as individuals.” --— Lysander Spooner
Don’t forget that I cannot see myself, that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror. --Jacques Rigaut
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.Speaker 3
"Cynics say a lot of things that sound true because they appeal to the defeatist inside us.” --— Darryl Strawberry
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
“An excess of reason is in itself a form of madness.” --— Kim Stanley RobinsonSpeaker 4
“Investing should be like watching paint dry or grass grow. If you want excitement … go to Las Vegas.” --— Nobel Prize economist Paul Samuelson
"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.” --— Roberto Clemente
“Ridicule educates observers. […] The goal is not to educate the recipient of the ridicule.” --— Ian Miles CheongSpeaker 5
“Because taxation is backed up with the threat of force, it is theft, plain and simple.” --— Adam Kokesh
Education is the best provision for old age. --Aristotle
Some of us realize the self-evident truth that no election, no constitution, no legislation, and no other pseudo-religious political ritual can bestow upon anyone the right to rule another. --Larken RoseSpeaker 6
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." --— Robert Frost
“The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.” --— Benjamin Franklin
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. --John MaxwellSpeaker 7
"If you're going to be a tourist, be a respectful one." --— Ben Folds
History is always changing. --Aung San Suu Kyi
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. --Amelia Earhart
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
Lost Time is never found again --Benjamin Franklin
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. --Herbert Swope
"When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.” --— Murphy’s LawSpeaker 2
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. --Les Brown
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. --Aeschylus
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you thinkSpeaker 3
It is better to be alone than in bad company. --George Washington
“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” --— Voltaire
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. --Andre AgassiSpeaker 4
I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. --Arthur Miller
There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. --Fuchan Yuan
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. --Abraham LincolnSpeaker 5
I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value. --Amy Schumer
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. --John Maxwell
In the long run, there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one’s position, state it bravely and then act boldly. --Eleanor RooseveltSpeaker 6
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. --Christian Nestell Bovee
Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars. --Anwar Sadat
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap, the job's a game --Mary PoppinsSpeaker 7
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. --Abraham Lincoln
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. --James Madison
Round 3 - 1:15pm
Speaker 1
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. --Dr. SeussSpeaker 2
You ultimately decide, every day, whether or not your life will speak on behalf of the oppressed, or remain an inaudible but decisive tool for the status quo. --Lisa Kemmerer
“We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.” --— John Adams
“Agents of change are often obsessive, intransigent, unreasonable, and demanding.” --— Rebecca SolnitSpeaker 3
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. --Malcolm X
You may leave school, but it never leaves you. --Andy Partridge
Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something. --Ashton KutcherSpeaker 4
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. --Benjamin Franklin
“The right to vote has no impact. You can change the future of a nation more by how you raise one child.” --— GK Chesterton
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. --HoraceSpeaker 5
Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
I never look back, darling. It distracts me from the now
Walk away from it until you’re stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you’ll be better able to cope. --Lady Bird JohnsonSpeaker 6
The question isn’t whether you’re a leader if people are following you. The question is, are you a leader worth following? --Sheryl Sandberg
You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. --Michelle Obama
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. --Florence NightingaleSpeaker 7
If you’re able to protest, protest. If you’re able to volunteer, volunteer. --Ad-Rock
How lucky we are to have such a treasure of memories. --Lady Bird Johnson
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself” --— Robert G. Ingersoll
Elim 1 - 3:15pm
Speaker 1
“At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue." --— Elon Musk
I am the danger. --Breaking Bad
Everything is possible. Even the impossible --Mary Poppins ReturnsSpeaker 2
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. --Aristotle
In protesting for your rights in any form you may, but it’s only good if they can understand your problems and feelings and not only to judge you. --Auliq Ice
I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.Speaker 3
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
“It’s funny—we all grow up on a diet of stories about the lone voice of reason trying to warn everyone about some imminent calamity. And yet whenever such a person appears in real life, our reflex is to join in with the mobs of scoffers and call them alarmists, hysterics, conspiracy freaks, and doomsayers.” --— Tim KreiderSpeaker 4
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. --Friedrich Nietzsche
He that can have patience can have what he will. --Benjamin Franklin
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.Speaker 5
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. --Albert Einstein
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” --— Richard M. Nixon
Never tell me the odds. --Han Solo, The Empire Strikes BackSpeaker 6
“The elite should be supreme by virtue of persuasion, not by the assistance of firing squads.” --— Ludwig von Mises
Force always attracts men of low morality. --Albert Einstein
To infinity, and beyond!Speaker 7
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. --Alexander Hamilton
"You shouldn't have to pay exorbitant amounts of money to die.” --— Body composter Tim Evans
Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them