C. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
"If you're always successful at BS'ing it's because you are not hanging around people who are smarter than you.” --— Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Cynics say a lot of things that sound true because they appeal to the defeatist inside us.” --— Darryl Strawberry
It’s not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it. --John WoodenSpeaker 2
“The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable.” --— Frédéric Bastiat
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. --Benjamin Franklin
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are. --Fred RogersSpeaker 3
We have freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.
Because it’s not worth winning if you can’t win big
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. --Aldous HuxleySpeaker 4
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
I never look back, darling. It distracts me from the now
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.Speaker 5
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. --Benjamin Franklin
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. --Dee Dee Myers
“And in the end, we were all just humans… drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.” --— F. Scott FitzgeraldSpeaker 6
I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. --Milton Friedman
“The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.” --— Benjamin Franklin
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. --Jackie KennedySpeaker 7
“Exhausting someone in argument isn’t the same as convincing them.” --— Tim Kreider
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. --Louisa M. Alcott (Little Women)
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. --Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. --Benjamin Franklin
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. --Harriet Tubman
"If you would not be forgotten, As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worthy reading, Or do things worth the writing.” --— Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 2
“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” --— Voltaire
"Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appall!” --— Herman Melville
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." --— George Orwell, 1984Speaker 3
The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead. --BoJack Horseman
Sometimes I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster, and I'm at the top of the world. --BoJack Horseman
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. --Abigail Van BurenSpeaker 4
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. --Amelia Earhart
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself” --— Robert G. Ingersoll
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. --Aldous HuxleySpeaker 5
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.Speaker 6
The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does. --Barbara Bush
"Some people pass through your life and you never think about them again. Some you think about and wonder what ever happened to them. Some you wonder if they ever wonder what happened to you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.” --— Todd W. Langen, writer for The Wonder Years
Take criticism seriously, but not personally. --Hillary ClintonSpeaker 7
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. --Aristotle
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. --Dr. Seuss
"When they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball, and jazz music. They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.” --— Gerald Early
Round 3 - 1:15pm
Speaker 1
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” --— Ronald Reagan
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. --Alexander Graham Bell
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 2
“The problem with conquering the world is that the world is gonna want its revenge.” --— Robert Lusetich
Fighting hate should be fun. It’s being a hater that sucks. --Loretta J. Ross
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.Speaker 3
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. --Gilbert K Chesterton
“We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.” --— John Adams
To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do. --Bruce LeeSpeaker 4
“The state is a soulless machine. It can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” --— Mahatma Gandhi
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind s made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so. --Michael LeunigSpeaker 5
“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
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. --Benjamin Franklin
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 SchumerSpeaker 6
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. --George Bernard Shaw
I am the danger. --Breaking Bad
“I hope we never find life on another planet because if we do there's no doubt that the United States will start sending them money!” --— Donald TrumpSpeaker 7
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. --W.E.B. Du Bois
"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.” --— R. Lee Ermey
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 Rose
Elim 1 - 3:15pm
Speaker 1
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” --— Ronald Reagan
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. --Alexander Graham Bell
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 2
“The problem with conquering the world is that the world is gonna want its revenge.” --— Robert Lusetich
Fighting hate should be fun. It’s being a hater that sucks. --Loretta J. Ross
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.Speaker 3
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. --Gilbert K Chesterton
“We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.” --— John Adams
To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do. --Bruce LeeSpeaker 4
“The state is a soulless machine. It can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” --— Mahatma Gandhi
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind s made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so. --Michael LeunigSpeaker 5
“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
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. --Benjamin Franklin
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 SchumerSpeaker 6
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. --George Bernard Shaw
I am the danger. --Breaking Bad
“I hope we never find life on another planet because if we do there's no doubt that the United States will start sending them money!” --— Donald TrumpSpeaker 7
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. --W.E.B. Du Bois
"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.” --— R. Lee Ermey
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 Rose