B. Open Impromptu Speaking Event Prompts

Round 1 1:00PM

Speaker 1

“Don’t get bitter, just get better.” – Alyssa Edwards

“All that we see in this world is based on someone's ideas. Some ideas are destructive, some are constructive.” – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 2

Everything will work out in the end, and if it doesn’t work out…it’s not the end.” – Bob the Drag Queen

“The beautiful thing about treasure is that it exists. It exists to be found.” – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals… except the weasel.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 3

“It’s okay to fall down. Get up, look sickening, and make them eat it.” – Latrice Royale

“There is a depression after an answer is given. It was almost fun not knowing. When the knowing is so full, there is no room for questions.”  – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 4

“When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.” – RuPaul Charles

“I tell what I can to form the perfect answer. But that answer cannot come before all are ready to hear.” – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“What’s the point of going out? We’re just gonna wind up back here anyway.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 5

“When you turn over a new leaf, it’s still the same leaf.” – Kandy Muse

“We look closely at the eyes to see the nature of the soul.” – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 6

“The only thing wrong with me was that I thought there was something wrong with me.” – Courtney Act

“A drunken man walks in a way that is quite impossible for a sober man to imitate, and vice versa.” – The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

“Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” – Homer Simpson

Speaker 7

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.” – Darth Vader (Star Wars)

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Round 2 2:15PM

Speaker 1

“Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.” – Barbara Gittings

"I'll sleep when I'm dead.” - Warren Zevon

“How can I be lost if I’ve got nowhere to go?” -Metallica

Speaker 2

"If the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?” – Taylor Swift

“Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.” -C.S. Lewis

“Learning is creation, not consumption.” -George Couros

Speaker 3

“In politics, it’s what isn’t said that matters.” – K.J. Parker

“If you stop dreaming, you're just sleeping”. - Ralph Green

“Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn’t it? If you’re comfortable while you’re doing it, you’re probably doing it wrong.” – Ted Lasso

Speaker 4

“It’s useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.” – Frodo Baggins

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” – Socrates

“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible and entirely ignored.” -David Levithan

Speaker 5

“If you can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.” – Tupac Shakur

“I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.” – Alfred Hitchcock

“Life need not be easy, provided that it is not empty.” – Lise Meitner

Speaker 6

“Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.” -Charles Baxter

“The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

Speaker 7

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou

“Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?” – Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Finals 5:00PM

Speaker 1

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

 

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb

 

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston Churchill

Speaker 2

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

 

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

 

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." - Paul Valéry

Speaker 3

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde

 

"I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between." - Sylvia Plath

 

"You don't have to be perfect to be amazing." - Unknown

Speaker 4

"You can't change who you are, and you shouldn't have to." - Laverne Cox

 

"The purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions." - James Baldwin

 

"I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all." - Zora Neale Hurston

Speaker 5

“As always in life, people want a simple answer… and it’s always wrong.” – Susan Greenfield

 

“Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

 

“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.” -Charles Baxter

Speaker 6

“You have to be odd to be number one.” -Dr. Seuss

 

"We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity." - George Takei

 

"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams

Speaker 7

“Never doubt that you are powerful and valuable and deserving of every change in the world to pursue your dreams.” – Hilary Clinton

“So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause.” – Padme Amidala (Star Wars)

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Speaker 8

“Rebellions are built on hope.” – Jyn Erso (Star Wars/Rogue One)

We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers